NU Online News Service, June 21, 2:03 p.m. EDT

The largest property insurer in the country and a pair of sisters accusing it of defrauding the federal government are set to square off in court after six years of legal wrangling.

Whistleblowers Cori and Kerri Rigsby, former independent claims adjusters, filed a well-publicized False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit against State Farm in April 2006, alleging the insurer doctored engineering reports after Hurricane Katrina so it could allegedly send losses to the National Flood Insurance Program.

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