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    Drama State Farm claims Shannen Doherty using cancer diagnosis to get a payout

    By Tamar Lapin - Page Six




    State Farm on Wednesday claimed actress Shannen Doherty is just looking for sympathy — and a payout to get her California home repaired — by announcing her terminal stage 4 cancer diagnosis.

    The former “Charmed” actress sued State Farm in March 2019 after the insurance giant refused to pay the full amount for repairs on her home, which was damaged in the devastating 2018 California wildfires.

    In a filing in Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday, lawyers for State Farm wrote that Doherty plans to “garner sympathy by her contention that State Farm must rebuild her entire house” when she appears at trial.

    “Plaintiff improperly claims she is entitled to have her entire home rebuilt at a cost of $2.7 million because she has breast cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,” the court documents state.

    Doherty, 48, on Tuesday revealed her breast cancer had returned, saying her diagnosis was going to become public this week as part of the lawsuit.

    “I’d rather people hear it from me. I don’t want it to be twisted, a court document,” she said in an interview with “Good Morning America.”

    “I want it to be real and authentic. I want to control the narrative. I want people to know from me.”

    In the new filing, State Farm claims Doherty’s house only had smoke damage and not any fire or structural damage.

    The insurance company said it’s already paid $1 million for remediation, professional cleaning and for the actress to rent a temporary home.

    Doherty’s attorney, Devin McRae, told The Post it was “appalling” that State Farm would claim Doherty only revealed her health condition to garner sympathy.

    “Of course cancer and a chronic respiratory ailment are directly relevant to the means and scope of fire and smoke remediation in her home and on her clothes,” McRae said.

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    Who do we believe? A has-been actress that's actually been fighting cancer for years, or an insurance company that hasn't had a trustworthy record for decades?


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    Quote Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX View Post


    Who do we believe? A has-been actress that's actually been fighting cancer for years, or an insurance company that hasn't had a trustworthy record for decades?
    And that "has-been" actress has a major reputation for being a Bitch

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    Damn, they better be right or they will have a HUGE lawsuit






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    A tough line from the insurance company.
    ''Bitch is only cryin' because she dyin'.''
    Yet she is....
    I would suspect they will lose business over this.

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    Totally spit-balling but I'd lean towards betting she's in the wrong here TBH. The company wouldn't take a risk with this publicly if not, and I've seen first hand way too many opportunists try and turn small claims into massive ones to get their house reno'd on our dime, while staying at luxury hotels longer than even remotely necessary over the past decade... but I'll save my breath ranting more because there aren't really enough details here
    Last edited by Godfather; 02-07-2020 at 07:43 AM.

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