Katrina insurance suits ordered into mediation

Thursday, January 11th, 2007 Catastrophe Litigation Property

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered into mediation dozens of lawsuits that policyholders filed against insurance companies after Hurricane Katrina, even as a jury prepares to decide another case on trial this week in the same judge’s courtroom. Several of the cases sent to mediation by U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. are involved in recent settlement talks between State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., Mississippi Atty. Gen. Jim Hood and policyholders` lawyers.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0701110050jan11,0,983885.story?coll=chi-business-hed

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