Des Moines family says insurance company refuses to cover damage costs from derecho Share Updated: 6:27 PM CDT Jul 20, 2021 Share Updated: 6:27 PM CDT Jul 20, 2021
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Show Transcript $30,000 OF DAME.AG I WANT TO BE HELPED HERE. IT’S TIME TO GET MY HOUSE BACK. SCOTT: EVERY DAY, BRIAN SMITH SEES THE DAMAGE THE DERECHO DID TO HIS HOUSE. HE SAYS IT LEFT HIM WITH $63,000 WORTH OF REPAIRS. BUT OVER THE PAST YEAR, HE SSAY STATE FARM HAS COVERED $36,000 OF THAT, REFUSING TO PAY FOR FIXING HIS PORCH, WALLS, AND FOUNDATION. WHEN Y ROUEACHED OUT TO INSURANCE, WHAT HAS THE PROCESS BEEN LIKE SINCE THE DAMAGE HAPPENED? A NIGHTMA.RE SCOTT: SMITH SAYS A TOTAL OF EIGHT INSPECTORS HAVE SURVEYED THE DAMAGE AND THEY STILL CAN’T GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM STATE FARM. NOW IT’S A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK BECAUSE IN A CPLE OUOF WEEKS, THEY WILL REACH A YEAR SINCE THE DERECHO AND SMITH SAYS ATSTE FARM HAS THE RIGHT TO REJECT THEIR CLAIM. SMITH SAYS HE WO