6th Circuit Affirms Verdict for State Farm in Dispute Over Experts

CINCINNATI - A trial court properly allowed an insurance carrier's expert structural engineer to testify to the likelihood that a leaky roof led to moisture and mold growth, the 6th Circuit held May 5 in affirming a verdict for the carrier in a coverage suit. Bureau v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., No. 03-1830 (6th Cir.).

A federal jury in Detroit agreed with State Farm that mold growth in the home of Susan and Charles Bureau was the result of long-term water intrusion rather than an August 2000 thunderstorm.

State Farm paid $1,155.30 after the storm on the Bureaus' …