with us now rebecca legrand and eric guster, criminal defense and civil rights lawyer.hat do you make of these lawsuits? >> these lawsuits are extremely valid. state farm is not being a good neighbor in the situation. they need to pay what needs to be done in order to fix a car, because what state farm does, they lowballed these auto repair companies, they get them to use insufficient parts, old parts, scrapyard parts and that's not fair to the consumer who depends on car to get them from point a to point b safely. gerri: work, school, you name it. here's what buddy caldwell says on the case -- what do you take of that, rebecca? >> certainly hasn't been proven yet. the one thing we can say is litigation will be good for lawyers. hundreds of lawyers involved in this case at this point. look as insured person, i want insurance rates to be low. they have to hit a balance between safety and cost. it's not clear state farm has done anything illegal in controlling costs. gerri: state farm is saying all the repairs are up to standards. what's the outcome for consumers in your

joining me a criminal defense attorney rebecca legrand and former prosecutor brian silber. >> welcomeyou both. a neighbor said they were very upset and there were burglaries and crimes in the area and they apparently sounded off to someone, if you come back here we'll hurt you. the neighbor asked, do you think somebody will come back knowing how upset you are? she claims the woman in the house said, yeah, we know they're coming back because we're going to bait them. how much weight do you think the jury will give that testimony? >> you know, hearing from multiple witnesses who said things like that, who heard the homeowners say things about wanting to go after the folks who had broken into their home in the past. i think that may be credible but ultimately the defense's job will be to undercut credibility of neighbors and other folks saying there was a plan to bait folks here. shannon: brian, we heard from another exchange student who was with the exchange student who was shot and killed. they were going around garage surfing. popping into people's garages. they thought it was a game.