Engineer James K. “Ken” Overstreet has claimed that the assessments of damage on his property from Hurricane Katrina were manipulated without permission in order to minimize or deny policy holder claims. According to Overstreet, his signature was forged on many documents used by the insurance company. Overstreet had served as contractor for S&B; Infrastructure, which was contracted with Rimkus Consluting Group Inc. to supply damage assessments to insurance companies. Rimkus supposedly fed S&B; the orders to forge Mr. Overstreet’s information.
Overstreet stated that, “If they could get by with changing the wind to surge, they would do it…. If you had affidavits in there where people saw houses blowing down, sometimes they’d just take those out entirely. They took out whole exhibits.” Representatives from the companies claim that they will not comment on the allegations.
This is a perfect example of bad faith from greedy insurance companies. In each one of these instances, companies are altering the victim’s original agreement in order to save money and keep the victim in pain and suffering. If you or someone you know is suffering from a bad faith case, please feel free to contact Jacoby & Meyers Law Offices in Los Angeles, California.
