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Storm damage: Who pays what? Hopefully not you
13+ hour, 51+ min ago (397+ words) Shari Rankin says her neighbor had a dead tree and that he knew about it and also that her husband had told him about it. It fell, crushed her fence, and damaged her trampoline. Rankin says her neighbor gave them his insurance information -- Allstate -- and that she filed a claim. "And then I got a denial email saying that they weren't responsible, that he was not responsible," she said. It's not clear why. And she really didn't want to use her own insurance and have that claim on her record. "What do you do? Except call Jason Stoogenke?" she said. Stoogenke emailed Allstate, saying Rankin told him they had denied the claim. The company responded, didn't address any of that, and wrote, "We are in touch with both parties to resolve this claim according to our customer's policy." But Rankin…...