State Farm Defends Motion To Compel Discovery For Computer Fraud Claims

Mealey's (October 5, 2017, 8:17 AM EDT) -- GULFPORT, Miss. — In an Oct. 2 rebuttal brief supporting its motion to compel discovery related to its computer fraud counterclaims in a decade-old false claims suit related to Hurricane Katrina claims, State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. calls its discovery requests “straightforward,” while arguing that the counterdefendants failed to show that the requests are burdensome or cover privileged material (United States, ex rel. Cori Rigsby, et al. v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., No. 1:06-cv-00433, S.D. Miss.)....