State Farm Whistleblower’s Documents Show Decades-Old Pattern Behind Oklahoma Cases
An Oklahoma City attorney has spent years holding onto a binder of internal State Farm documents that a whistleblower handed him two decades ago with a simple message: someone like you might find these useful someday.
J.C. Hallman reports that attorney Charles Weddle received the 156-page binder from Ina DeLong, a former State Farm claims adjuster who spent 22 years with the company before going rogue, compiling 2,700 cases of what she believed were underpaid claims and ultimately appearing on a 1993 “60 Minutes” segment with Ed Bradley. DeLong was born near Geary, Oklahoma, an hour west of Oklahoma City…