State Farm wants change of venue from Coast
The Insurance Journal reports State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. has filed a motion in federal court in Gulfport, claiming it will get a fairer trial somewhere other than the Mississippi Gulf Coast. State Farm, in its motion, cites news coverage in The Sun Herald newspaper, “negative'’ television reports and a “substantial bias'’ against insurance companies among registered voters surveyed in south Mississippi.
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