WEST V. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY CO.
Comanche County District Court, CJ-2025-135 · Filed 2026-11-09 · 46 pages · Download the PDF
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF COMANCHE COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISTRICT COURT COMANCHE COUNTY, November 9, 2026 ROBERT NEIL and LACY WEST, INS. 44444444444 Vv. Defendants. COURT CLERK Case Number CJ-2025-135 Plaintiffs, STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY and NANCY HOLCOMB AGENCY, INC., MORALES, OKLAHOMA 10:41 AM Case No. CJ-2025-135 DEFENDANT STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY’S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO NON-PARTY APPLICANT THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION’S APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO CONDUCT ELECTRONIC MEDIA COVERAGE OF JURY TRIAL
denial ×22 · wind and hail initiative ×5 · bad faith ×4 · deposition ×4 · unseal ×4 · roof replacement ×4 · protective order ×2 · Hail Focus ×1
PAGE 19 · Hail Focus, denial, bad faith, roof replacement
… ate Farm aimed to cut costs through “bad faith claims handling tactics that are rigged against the insured.” According to the lawsuit, the company developed a “Hail Focus Initiative” — secretly narrowing the definition of hail damage to reduce the amount of full roof replacements covered by State Farm. “State Farm uses this definition to dictate whether an insured is entitled to payment under the policy upon the fili …
PAGE 43 · wind and hail initiative, denial, deposition
… to lie,” Deligans said. “They are the guiltiest-looking innocent company I’ve ever seen.” Rother argued that CEO Farney was not sufficiently familiar with the wind and hail initiative to warrant a deposition. “He probably did hear about the [initiative], but that’s not to say he had day-to-day knowledge of it,” Rother said. Hannah Whitten pushed back by citing documents still under seal. Judge Shepherd cleared the r …
PAGE 7 · denial
form views about the witnesses’ credibility and State Farm’s practices before being summoned to decide another policyholder’s case. Courts have denied requests to broadcast because of potential prejudice to other proceedings. In Virginia Broadcasting Corp. v. Commonwealth, the trial court denied a request to televise a sentencing hearing, in part because of the effect on witnesses and prospective jurors in a separate …
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