PASCAGOULA — A judge has refused to grant class-action status to a lawsuit against two insurance companies that plaintiffs say avoided paying millions of dollars in claims by imposing an unfair deductible right before Hurricane Georges hit the Gulf Coast. After a four-hour hearing on Friday, Jackson County Circuit Judge Robert Krebs ruled that he had no authority to grant class action status. "This is a case the Supreme Court should decide," Krebs said. Pascagoula attorney Richard Scruggs said Allstate and State Farm insurance companies in Jackson County caused unreasonable financial hardship to more than 13,000 coastal residents.
Posted by Editor at November 3, 2003 10:58 AM