RALEIGH — Consumers who may have unknowingly bought damaged vehicles because State Farm Insurance failed to issue proper titles for the cars will get money back as part of a national settlement. State attorney general offices reached an agreement with State Farm in which the insurer will give $40 million in refunds. An estimated 30,000 consumers nationwide may be eligible for payments ranging from $400 to more than $10,000, depending on vehicle value and the number of consumers who participate. Most consumers’ payments are likely to range from $800 to $1,850, the N.C. Attorney General’s office said.
RALEIGH — Retired Raleigh attorney Bernard Harrell has asked the State Board of Elections to investigate Attorney General Roy Cooper’s political campaign for not reporting in-kind contributions from nine attorneys and their law firms. According to his letter, after thoroughly researching the issue Harrell thought he should call “attention to what appear to be substantial and continuing violations of the campaign laws of North Carolina.” Cooper’s campaign responded that “the legal costs in this case are being paid by private insurance. The premise of the letter to the Board – that lawyers are contributing services – is wrong.”
