State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Curran

This case is a prime example of how a clever litigant can game the legal system and get away with it. The record reveals that appellee Robin Curran willfully and materially breached the insurance policy State Farm issued to her by twice refusing to attend a scheduled compulsory medical examination as required under the policy. Curran breached the policy as part of a scheme she employed to establish a bad faith action against State Farm so she could recover in excess of the policy limits. Her damages far exceeded the $100,000 policy limits, as is evident from the multimillion dollar verdict…