Fifth Circuit Ruling for State Farm in Hurricane Katrina Insurance Dispute Share Share LinkedIn X Facebook Permalink By joetort October 18, 2009 More from AmLaw Litigation Daily. The opinion is here. Congratulations to my former Skadden colleagues Sheila Birnbaum, Doug Dunham, and Ellen Quackenbos, who represented State Farm. BGS Posted in: Aggregate Litigation Procedures, Mass Disasters, Procedure and Settlement