Litigation & Arbitration
May 10, 2023
Farmers wins age bias lawsuit filed by fired agents
The trial hinged on the question of whether the Farmers’ agents were independent contractors, as stated in their signed agency agreements, or whether they were employees of the company and thus, protected under state anti-discrimination employment laws.
Farmers Group Inc. secured a defense verdict from an Alameda County jury in an age discrimination lawsuit filed by four former agents who claimed that the company arbitrarily terminated them to give their clients to younger, cheaper agents.
The trial hinged on the question of whether the Farmers’ agents were independent contractors, as stated in their signed agency agreements, or whether they were employees of the company and thus, protect...
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