Scruggs Group Files Racketeering Charges against State Farm

The Scruggs Katrina Group filed federal charges against State Farm, E.A. Renfroe Company, and Forensic Analysis and Engineering Company on behalf of 21 Mississippi policyholders whose homes were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. The suit was filed June 20 in the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi under the federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act or ’RICO.’