GableGotwals represented State Farm in Leon and Kimberly Taylor v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma with Judge Robin J. Cauthron presiding. The Court sustained State Farm’s motion on the breach of contract claim, and by extension, bad faith and punitive damages, making for a complete victory at the trial court level. This case involved public adjuster Coppermark.

GableGotwals obtained summary judgment in Phoenix v. Dawkins v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company. The suit was initiated by Phoenix Construction Disaster Services and Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, Taressa Dawkins, added a Third-Party claim against State Farm for breach of contract and bad faith. Oklahoma County District Court Judge Sheila Stinson held Dawkins breach of contract claim was barred by the one-year contractual limitations period. She further held in favor of State Farm on the merits of the claims for breach of contract and bad faith, making for another complete victory at the trial court level.