{"id":754167,"date":"2025-12-31T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=754167"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:54:37","slug":"judge-allows-attorney-general-to-intervene-in-state-farm-hail-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/31\/judge-allows-attorney-general-to-intervene-in-state-farm-hail-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Allows Attorney General to Intervene in State Farm Hail Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_XPvkGHlX30Q?client=wp&amp;client_version=2.6.0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p>On Dec. 30, in a hearing over Attorney General Gentner Drummond\u2019s effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/04\/ag-intervenes-in-state-farm-lawsuit\/\">intervene<\/a> in a homeowner\u2019s lawsuit against State Farm, Oklahoma District Court Judge Amy Palumbo wasted no time in announcing her belief that the maneuver was supported by Oklahoma law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drummond in a Dec. 4 court filing accused the insurance giant of racketeering. Tuesday\u2019s proceeding kicked off with brief presentations that Palumbo interrupted with questions about what an intervention would look like and whether the homeowners objected to the attorney general\u2019s maneuver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Satisfied by the answers, Palumbo appeared ready to issue a ruling that may eventually enable release of documents in a case that has been mired in baroque legal shenanigans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just fail to see how what State Farm has filed is anything other than irrelevant and disparaging material,\u201d Palumbo said. \u201cI understand what State Farm wanted me to get distracted by, but I do not find it to be on point or relevant. Having given it extensive thought, I believe the law does allow the attorney general to intervene. I do not think I require any further argument or explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further argument is exactly what she got.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>120,755 Claims<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hursh v. State Farm has become the symbolic figurehead of an alleged scheme to deny<strong> <\/strong>hundreds of wind and hail claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drummond\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KoFnOsZtx314DjqJAdw5C-KMVdpOVTi3\/view?usp=sharing\">petition<\/a> to intervene was the second time, at least, that State Farm has been accused of racketeering \u2014 in 2018, State Farm paid $250 million to settle <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/18\/state-farm-dodged-billions-in-2018-settlement-now-faces-fresh-rico-charges-in-oklahoma\/\">a RICO case<\/a> in which they were accused of buying a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Hursh case, State Farm has consistently argued that what is at issue is a single family\u2019s roof. This is incorrect. The Hursh case was always connected to another case known as Faust v. State Farm, and together the two cases have come to represent nearly 200 total homeowners represented by Oklahoma City law firm Whitten Burrage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s even bigger than that. State Farm acknowledged in a Dec. 23 motion that denied wind and hail claims in Oklahoma actually number in the thousands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specifically, between 2019 and 2024, Oklahoma policyholders filed 120,755 claims of wind and hail damage, State Farm said. Of these, 27,764 policyholders were denied any kind of compensation at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 91,588 policyholders who received full or partial payments, some who sustained comprehensive damage but were denied total roof replacement sought legal representation. Subsequently, State Farm paid tens of millions of dollars to <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/01\/it-made-me-feel-like-a-sucker-long-running-lawsuits-accuse-state-farm-of-billion-dollar-hail-scheme\/\">secretly settle<\/a> those cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In court on Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Cameron Capps emphasized that the concerns raised by the Hursh case stretched well beyond the story of the Hursh\u2019s roof or the 200 cases similar to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a much bigger issue, because State Farm\u2019s actions are impacting the state interest,\u201d Capps said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seldom Used Legal Maneuver<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drummond\u2019s petition to intervene \u2014 a rare legal maneuver that would give the attorney general special discovery powers \u2014 argued that his office\u2019s authority to intervene was granted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscn.net\/applications\/oscn\/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=436414\">Title 12<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscn.net\/applications\/oscn\/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=101059\">Title 74<\/a> of Oklahoma law, the latter of which grants special powers when the interests of the state or the people are at issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drummond\u2019s request described State Farm\u2019s alleged scheme as a shock to the conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese practices upset the essential bargain of risk and premium that anchors a lawful insurance market, leaving Oklahoma consumers bearing disproportionate risk,\u201d the petition reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside full intervention, Drummond\u2019s petition proposed an option for Palumbo that would grant limited intervention focusing on discovery alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlternatively, limited intervention and access to discovery materials subject to a protective order should be granted,\u201d the petition reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Cynical Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In court, State Farm attorney Lance Leffel spoke quickly, appearing to attempt to sneak his arguments in before Palumbo issued a ruling. On five occasions, Palumbo asked him to slow down for the court reporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the main,<strong> <\/strong>Leffel repeated arguments contained in State Farm\u2019s Dec. 22 response, arguing that Drummond did not have authority to intervene in an insurance case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Attorney General\u2019s attempt at intervention is nothing more than a ploy that violates constitutional separation of powers,\u201d the response reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Farm did not object to Drummond\u2019s characterization of the alleged scheme, but asserted that the hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly bilked from Oklahomans was not an interest of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no public interest implicated in this case,\u201d Leffel said, in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State Farm response cited a <a href=\"https:\/\/nondoc.com\/2024\/01\/13\/major-edmond-earthquakes-jostle-odd-oklahoma-history\/\">NonDoc article<\/a> in which Drummond appeared to criticize then-Attorney General Mike Hunter\u2019s intervention in an earlier case that also involved Whitten Burrage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, even though State Farm paid $250 million to settle a case in which they were accused of buying a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, the State Farm response cited an Illinois Supreme Court case to argue that regulation of the insurance industry, by itself, did not justify intervention by an attorney general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Farm\u2019s response appeared to split fine hairs. On one hand, it argued that Drummond was wrongly seeking dominion over litigation in Oklahoma. On the other hand, it argued that Oklahoma law granted dominion to the insurance commissioner over insurance law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In court, Capps argued that this threatened the attorney general\u2019s fundamental ability to enforce laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are conflating regulatory authority and enforcement authority,\u201d Capps said. \u201cThey are saying that law enforcement has no authority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Particularly Cynical Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To assert the insurance commissioner\u2019s sole regulatory authority, State Farm cited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscn.net\/applications\/oscn\/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=84933\">Article 6<\/a> of the Oklahoma Constitution and various sections of Title 36, primarily the problematic Property and Casualty Competitive Loss Cost Rating Act, which has been criticized by former <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/05\/15\/hail-no-hail-storms-do-not-explain-oklahomas-outrageous-homeowners-insurance-rates\/\">politician<\/a> Kevin Easley, who lamented changes to the law that were introduced after he helped to pass the bill decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf they changed a law that was meant to apply to business, and was never meant to apply to homeowners\u2019 insurance, then they can damn sure change it back, can\u2019t they?\u201d Easley said in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legislators are currently considering <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/26\/too-little-too-late-too-weak-critics-react-to-proposed-insurance-legislation\/\">changes<\/a> to Oklahoma insurance law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State Farm response struck a particularly cynical note: Palumbo should deny the attorney general\u2019s petition to intervene, the response argued, because the request would be denied at the Oklahoma Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court has already weighed in on a separate tranche of Whitten Burrage\u2019s wind and hail cases. On Dec. 15, the Court sided with State Farm on a technicality, vacating two of Palumbo\u2019s earlier orders and complicating attorneys\u2019 effort to expose State Farm\u2019s alleged scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, Justice Travis Jett recused from the ruling. Prior to being named to the Court in April \u2014 despite lacking <a href=\"https:\/\/nondoc.com\/2025\/04\/14\/travis-jett-appointed-to-oklahoma-supreme-court\/\">judicial experience<\/a> \u2014 Jett was employed by Oklahoma City law firm GableGotwals, which has represented State Farm for many years and was representing State Farm in court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not the only connection between State Farm and the Oklahoma Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney Mary Quinn Cooper, vice-chair of the Judicial Nominating Commission that advanced Jett\u2019s name to Gov. Kevin Stitt, is a principal in a law firm that has openly <a href=\"https:\/\/chambers.com\/department\/mcafee-taft-litigation-general-commercial-usa-5:228:12881:1:65882\">bragged<\/a> of defending State Farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMcAfee &amp; Taft successfully represented State Farm Fire and Casualty Company in a lawsuit arising from State Farm\u2019s handling of plaintiff\u2019s homeowner\u2019s insurance claim arising from a hot water tank leak,\u201d a profile of the firm reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cOklahomans Know the Answer\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Whitten Burrage attorney Blake Sonne lashed out at State Farm\u2019s argument about the authority of Oklahoma\u2019s insurance commissioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis idea that the insurance commissioner has a carte blanche dominion over insurance law is completely false,\u201d Sonne said. \u201cThe attorney general does have the statutory authority to represent insurance consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitten Burrage\u2019s Dec. 23 response for Tuesday\u2019s hearing argued that the insurance commissioner had no authority outside of Title 36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cState Farm\u2019s reliance on the Oklahoma Constitution and Title 36 is misplaced and misleading,\u201d the response reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The response posed a list of questions at the core of all of Whitten Burrage\u2019s lawsuits: Did State Farm identify hail claims as a bucket of opportunity to save money on denying claims? How much money has State Farm withheld from policyholders with valid damage claims? Have State Farm executives publicly boasted of 50% savings on hail claims?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The response accused State Farm of slinging mud against attorneys to deflect attention from their alleged scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In court, Sonne went a step further than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cState Farm is offering a masterclass on how to deflect on their wind hail claims,\u201d Sonne said. \u201cThey are pulling out old newspaper articles published during a political campaign and pretending that it\u2019s binding. It\u2019s insulting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The response suggested that the true motives behind State Farm\u2019s tactics were easy to discern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhy deflect?\u201d the response reads. \u201cOklahomans know the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This is Not a Game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After an hour of argument, Palumbo had had enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYour motion is going to be granted,\u201d Palumbo told Capps, granting the attorney general full intervention in Hursh v. State Farm \u2014 that is, more than the limited intervention the original petition said it would have accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heaving a deep sigh from the bench, Palumbo warned that the intervention might slow down discovery in the short term, but vowed to do everything she could to move the case forward despite a pattern of obstruction from State Farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf my orders are not followed, fully and flawlessly, sanctions or other options I will certainly entertain,\u201d Palumbo said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to get this thing streamlined. I am going to concisely steer this ship to eliminate obstacles along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She ended with a stern warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not a game,\u201d Palumbo said. \u201cDiscovery games are going to stop. I am telling you now that I am not going to be pleased if there is a continuous pattern to disregard the orders of this court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JC-Hallman.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-747889\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:160px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JC-Hallman.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JC-Hallman.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JC-Hallman.png?resize=140%2C140&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JC-Hallman.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JC-Hallman.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JC-Hallman.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JC-Hallman.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>JC Hallman covers a variety of topics for Oklahoma Watch. Contact him at <a href=\"mailto:jchallman@oklahomawatch.org\">jchallman@oklahomawatch.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-56a9e311 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-4 is-3 is-landscape \" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"754167\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>MORE FROM JC HALLMAN<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"754029\" class=\"tag-billy-hursh tag-elections tag-gentner-drummond tag-homeowners tag-insurance tag-oklahoma-insurance-commissioner-glen-mulready tag-oklahoma-news tag-racketeering tag-rep-mark-tedford tag-sen-aaron-reinhardt tag-sen-julia-kirt tag-state-farm tag-state-rep-andy-fugate category-politics category-uncategorized type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/26\/too-little-too-late-too-weak-critics-react-to-proposed-insurance-legislation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Too Little, Too Late, Too Weak: Critics React to Proposed Insurance Legislation\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/26\/too-little-too-late-too-weak-critics-react-to-proposed-insurance-legislation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Too Little, Too Late, Too Weak: Critics React to Proposed Insurance Legislation<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Critics say new laws proposed by the insurance department ignore pervasive and sustained outrage over skyrocketing homeowners rates and would make it more difficult for policyholders to fight back.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/jchallman\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-Hallman.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-Hallman-96x96.jpg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/jchallman\/\">J.C. Hallman<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"753918\" class=\"tag-attorney-general tag-class-action-lawsuit tag-consumer-protection tag-corporate-accountability tag-corporate-misconduct tag-gentner-drummond tag-hail-damage tag-hurricane-katrina tag-insurance-claims tag-insurance-industry tag-insurance-litigation tag-legal-settlement tag-mckinsey-report tag-oklahoma tag-oklahoma-news tag-policyholder-rights tag-racketeering tag-rico tag-state-farm tag-wind-damage category-business series-hail-no-why-homeowners-insurance-is-so-expensive type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/18\/state-farm-dodged-billions-in-2018-settlement-now-faces-fresh-rico-charges-in-oklahoma\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/635238368079.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"State Farm Dodged Billions in 2018 Settlement, Now Faces Fresh RICO Charges in Oklahoma\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/635238368079.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/635238368079.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/635238368079.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/635238368079.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/635238368079.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/635238368079.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/18\/state-farm-dodged-billions-in-2018-settlement-now-faces-fresh-rico-charges-in-oklahoma\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">State Farm Dodged Billions in 2018 Settlement, Now Faces Fresh RICO Charges in Oklahoma<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Attorney General Gentner Drummond\u2019s petition charging State Farm with racketeering under Oklahoma\u2019s version of the RICO laws is not the first time that Oklahoma\u2019s largest writer of homeowners insurance has been accused of being a criminal enterprise. Last time, State Farm agreed to pay $250 million; will they settle once again?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/jchallman\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-Hallman.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-Hallman-96x96.jpg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/jchallman\/\">J.C. Hallman<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"753542\" class=\"tag-gentner-drummond tag-homeowners-insurance tag-state-farm tag-whitten-burrage category-business series-hail-no-why-homeowners-insurance-is-so-expensive type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/04\/ag-intervenes-in-state-farm-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-10.36.23-AM.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"AG Intervenes in State Farm Lawsuit\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-10.36.23-AM.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-10.36.23-AM.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-10.36.23-AM.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-10.36.23-AM.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screen-Shot-2023-07-18-at-10.36.23-AM.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/04\/ag-intervenes-in-state-farm-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">AG Intervenes in State Farm Lawsuit<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a motion to intervene today in a case against State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, alleging that the company operated a coordinated program to limit roof-related insurance payouts by denying or reducing valid hail and wind claims.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/jchallman\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-Hallman.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-Hallman-96x96.jpg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/jchallman\/\">J.C. 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