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20 Feb, 2007 2:50 pm
... write more policies... that you're likely not to honor in the future anyways. Mississippi attorney general seeks to block State Farm from barring new business in state The
Associated Press Published: February 16, 2007 JACKSON, Mississippi: Mississippi Attorney ... said of State Farm. "Any company that writes automobile insurance and also writes homeowners in any other state would be
required to write or make available insurance for homeowners and commercial properties in all parts of the state." ( ...
27 Jun, 2007 8:56 am
... June 11, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a civil action again State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, ... and to pay them $50 million collectively. In return, Hood agreed to dismiss
State Farm from the lawsuit filed against the insurers. However, a federal district court rejected ... claims to have taken, Hood, unhappy with
the breakdown of the settlement of his suit against State Farm, presses on. Will Hood prevail? Stay tuned. Click here to read the recently ...
28 Jan, 2008 8:16 am
Last week, we were talking about the hot water Allstate found itself in with the state of Florida. This week, we look to Mississippi
where Attorney General Jim Hood has opened a new hurricane Katrina related criminal investigation of
... and reopened policy holder claims from hurricane Katrina. In response to an August subpoena for records from the grand jury investigation, State Farm filed a declaratory judgment action seeking to stop the investigation, and by September, had obtained a temporary ...
20 Feb, 2007 6:21 am
Last Friday I dialed the conference call number for Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's
press conference and listened in amazement as an elected state official called State Farm "a cult,"
"decadent" and "robber barons." All this because of State Farm's decision...
8 Aug, 2008 12:13 pm
State Farm Insurance Cos. agrees to pay $74 million to settle a complaint filed by the Mississippi attorney general over its handling of homeowner policies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. State Farm had previously refused to comply with a January agreement requiring the insurer to reevaluate homeowner claims. The original deal could have
required Allstate to pay as much as $400 million in additional ...
12 Nov, 2007 3:27 am
... State Farm Fire and Casualty Company ("State Farm") against the Attorney General of Mississippi, Jim Hood. State Farm Fire and
Casualty Co. v. Jim ... lawsuit stems from a non-prosecution/settlement agreement previously entered into by Hood and State Farm. By the terms
of the agreement, Hood was to terminate his criminal investigation into ... -sealed lawsuit alleging that Hood's filing of his lawsuit breached the agreement. State Farm's First Amended Complaint, apparently filed on September 18, 2007, ...
21 Nov, 2006 10:02 am
Here's another interesting turn of events in the story about the sisters who allegedly took a bunch of documents from a business hired by State
Farm to provide Hurricane Katrina claims adjusting services. Apparently, they then gave them to plaintiff...
26 Jan, 2007 2:28 pm
UPDATE: Here's the pdf of Judge Senter's opinion, which I am going through right now. Thanks to my secretary for clueing me in about this story. Not a lot of details at present, but
remember the distinction between the settlement...
26 Jan, 2007 2:28 pm
SECOND UPDATE: I read through the opinion, which was fairly brutal and basically said there is no way anything like the proposed settlement will get by Judge Senter. Remember, this is
not the settlement that was recently announced of a...
16 Jun, 2007 11:37 am
"Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood sued State
Farm Fire and Casualty Co. on Monday, claiming the company failed to honor an agreement for a mass settlement of claims over Hurricane Katrina damage. In January, Hood agreed ...
insurance companies. Hood did that after State Farm settled with lawyers for homeowners on a $50 million payout to about 35,000 southern
Mississippi policyholders who hadn't sued the company but could have their claims reopened. But the pact fell apart after a ...
25 Feb, 2008 8:40 am
State attorneys general often abuse their power. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's sweetheart deals with campaign donors, which Ted describes, are just one example. Last
year, the Competitive Enterprise Institute issued a study chronicling abuses by state attorneys general called...
8 Nov, 2007 1:00 am
... a phrase from Dickie Scruggs, "political toast"? 2. In April, Foti contrasted himself with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood and said he wouldn't sue insurers because he didn't think it would be productive. 3. Foti took on a couple high-profile ... limitations on
coverage, thereby violating the rule that exclusions must be clearly and explicitly drafted." The state, however, has based its sweeping claims
on an argument already knocked down by the federal courts: that ...
12 Jun, 2007 9:19 am
[JURIST] Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [official website] filed a lawsuit against
State Farm [corporate website] Monday, alleging that the insurance company committed a bad faith breach of contract [press release, PDF]
related to a settlement reached [JURIST report] on January 23 regarding Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] policies. State Farm says that
the move could disrupt the
17 Feb, 2008 10:32 pm
... holds that the federal court has jurisdiction over claims brought by the Montana Attorney General
alleging that Montana overpaid for Zyprexa under its state Medicaid program. In re Zyprexa Prods. Liab. Litig., No. 04-MD-1596, 07-CV-1933
(JBW), 2008 U.S. ... the question whether Lilly can properly remove attorney general cases filed
against it. On the one hand, Judge Weinstein exercised jurisdiction over the West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Montana cases. On the ...
31 Jan 7:17 pm
... risks from their peers in the form of sexual solicitation, sexual harassment and cyberbullying. The majority of young people are generally making safe and responsible choices
online, effectively responding to the negative incidents that do occur, and are ... General Cooper stated the information "could
potentially be used to look for parole violations or help in investigations." Mississippi's Attorney General Hood stated: "I think once we find out the content of the messages ... we may very well ...
23 May, 2007 3:00 pm
Over the last dozen years, State Attorneys General -- from Mike Moore taking on Big Tobacco
and Eliot Spitzer battling Wall Street, to Jim Hood targeting the Insurance Industry -- have pursued novel and ... industry sectors and in so doing have often acted in concert with
trial lawyers and special interest groups. The Federalist Society of Mississippi will explore in this luncheon debate whether such litigation ultimately serves the public
interest and involves the requisite levels of ethics and ...
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30 Apr, 2007 2:07 am
... when I covered Phoenix city government back in the day. I've wondered more than once whether Louisiana officials were going to follow the example of Mississippi AG Jim Hood
and go after insurance companies over Katrina claims handling. Thanks to Mike Kunzelman of the Associated Press, who can call folks anytime he wants, we now know the answer: No.
However, Louisiana lawmakers are considering whether to beef up the state AG's oversight of the insurance industry.
8 Feb, 2008 10:38 am
... investigation of the insurer - ended in an extraordinary way. After Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood endured three hours of tough questioning by a State Farm attorney (who said, when court adjourned at 5 p.m., that he still ... tracks. Generally, the law forbids federal courts from interfering in this
situation, because the federal courts are supposed to assume that state courts will adequately protect the federal civil rights of the target.
There is a narrow exception to that rule, however, ...
24 Jan, 2007 5:00 am
... well-known plaintiff's firms in the country, and the Mississippi Attorney General to get
State Farm to agree to pay Mississippi Katrina victims 50% of the value of their damaged ... individuals on equal footing with the
largest of companies, and (3) even when pushed to the limits by the Mississippi AG and the Scrugss law firm, the insurance company will still only pay ... more information, read
the USA Today story here: State Farm agrees to pay up for Katrina in Mississippi Updated 1/23/2007 11:54 PM ...
24 Jan, 2007 5:00 am
... well-known plaintiff's firms in the country, and the Mississippi Attorney General to get
State Farm to agree to pay Mississippi Katrina victims 50% of the value of their damaged ... individuals on equal footing with the
largest of companies, and (3) even when pushed to the limits by the Mississippi AG and the Scrugss law firm, the insurance company will still only pay ... more information, read
the USA Today story here: State Farm agrees to pay up for Katrina in Mississippi Updated 1/23/2007 11:54 PM ...
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