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Recent News About State Farm Insurance

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  Judge approves $250 million State Farm settlement; Says plaintiffs likely would not have prevailed at trial

  By The Madison County Record | Friday, Dec 14, 2018 @ 10:35am

  EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Herndon, who designated Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier as a hostile witness for a trial accusing him of corruption, now admits jurors might have trusted him.

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• Clifford will treat Chief Justice Karmeier as hostile witness in upcoming Hale v. State Farm trial

  By The Madison County Record | Tuesday, Jun 26, 2018 @ 3:42pm

  EAST ST. LOUIS – Attorney Robert Clifford of Chicago plans to call Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier as a hostile witness in a civil racketeering trial against State Farm in September.

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  Herndon grants plaintiffs’ move to put Hale discovery in public domain; State Farm calls it a media ploy to manufacture stories

  By The Madison County Record | Monday, Jun 11, 2018 @ 8:25pm

  EAST ST. LOUIS – Discovery documents in a $10 billion suit against State Farm belong in the public record, U.S. District Judge David Herndon ruled on June 11.

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  Hale v. State Farm trial postponed four months until after Labor Day

  By The Madison County Record | Tuesday, Apr 3, 2018 @ 3:05pm

  EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Herndon postponed for four months a jury trial on a $9 billion claim against State Farm.

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  Plaintiffs in Hale v State Farm claim Karmeier-provided timeline will prove case; Trial set to start May 7

  By The Madison County Record | Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018 @ 7:26pm

  EAST ST. LOUIS – Plaintiffs who claim State Farm tainted the Illinois Supreme Court through Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier say that a timeline he gave to a news reporter in 2015 revealed corruption.

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