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Don't Give Up! homeGeorge resolves to be heard."At our ages, we should not have to spend our days picketing a State Farm Insurance claims office in an attempt to collect on a just and valid claim.."Send mail to:
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 Beatrice Withers This is my wife Beatrice. We both were in our 70's when this fight began. We have lost our home and my wife was rendered permanently disabled. Social Security is our sole source of income. State Farm Insurance has dragged their feet for years, refusing to honor our claim. Our claim is just and honorable. Our well was poisoned by fecal contamination by a neighbor also insured by State Farm Insurance.
In 1989 my wife became very ill and was transported to a Colorado Springs hospital where she remained for 30 days. She was diagnosed with kidney failure, liver and heart problems. |
She was disabled because of this
poisoning until her death in 1996. Physicians concluded that fecal coliform had entered
our water source from animal waste which was flushed from our neighbor’s property and
collected directly above our wellhead. Immediately after learning this we filed a claim against our neighbor’s State Farm Insurance Homeowners policy. Our water was tested by three independent water testing labs. Each test revealed the presence of fecal coliform in our drinking water. We were instructed by my wife’s attending medical team to evacuate our home and property. For seven months we lived in a small motel room while our health problems continued. My wife was on oxygen day and night for 1 ½ years.
State Farm Insurance has stalled and made repeated excuses for not honoring our valid claim for damages. I feel that we, as senior citizens, are being discriminated against by State Farm and that it is their intention to delay this claim until we die. In this way they will not be required to pay on this claim. At our ages, we should not have to spend our days picketing a State Farm Insurance claims office in an attempt to collect on a just and valid claim. Addendum: State Farm did offer us a small check for living expenses if we agreed to sign a waiver on the claim for damages. As a result of the medical condition arising from the contamination, my wife died on 10/15/96. |
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In 1969 my wife and I began constructing a home on five
acres of land just north of Woodland Park, Co. This was to be our retirement home. For
several years, we worked together and completed the home, paying for the materials as we
could afford it and doing most of the work ourselves. In 1987 a family purchased the
property adjoining us on the eastern property line. They constructed a large barn and
corrals on their property, corralling more than 35 horses on 1/3 of an acre. Their corral
was located about 50 ft. from our wellhead and was on higher ground.