She alleges her supervisor assured her the job was safe — then fired her weeks later
State Farm allegedly fired a claims adjuster on approved mental health disability leave, weeks after her supervisor assured her the job was safe.
The case, Wiley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (No. 3:26-cv-00723-X, N.D. Tex.), was filed on March 5, 2026. It lays out a timeline that alleges a chain of HR failures.
Sabrina M. Wiley worked as an automobile accident claims adjuster for State Farm. The filing describes her as a strong performer whose reviews were more than satisfactory, who trained fellow adjusters, and who was asked to interview for management roles on more than one occasion.
In April 2024, Wiley learned that her son had died by suicide. She immediately took personal leave. She had also been scheduled for surgery to repair a diaphragmatic hernia, which was performed on May 1, 2024. Her short-term disability was approved through the parties' disability insurer, New York Life Group Benefits, with a six-week recovery period.
Yet according to the filing, State Farm sent Wiley a notice requiring her to return by May 15 — about two weeks after surgery. Her attorney had to send correspondence to the disability insurer stating that she had not been released by her treating physician and should not have received a return-to-work notice.
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