Judge Allows Certain Claims To Proceed In Relators’ Suit Against State Farm

Mealey's ( March 30, 2021, 11:31 AM EDT) -- GULFPORT, Miss. — A federal judge in Mississippi on March 26 denied in part State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.’s motion to dismiss certain claims in relators’ second amended complaint in their 15-year-old qui tam suit accusing the insurer of filing false flood insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina, finding that the relators have plausibly and sufficiently asserted express and implied false certification claims....