Toby Sherrill was at home in Gainesville in June 2008 when a violent summer storm pummeled his neighborhood with hail the size of golf balls.

Sherrill and his wife, Cindy, said they immediately spotted roof damage. But an Allstate Insurance adjuster disagreed and wrote off the damage to “where somebody dragged chains” on the roof, Sherrill said.

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