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Upset Agents sue State Farm Insurance.(Originated from Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.)

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

| May 01, 1997 | Liedtke, Michael | COPYRIGHT 1997 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

May 1--A group of fed-up State Farm Insurance agents, including 18 losing their jobs today, is lashing out in a federal lawsuit that alleges the insurance giant is bullying its sales force as part of a strategy to boost its profits.

The civil complaint, filed in San Francisco federal court, alleges that State Farm trampled over the rights of its agents long before a recent imbroglio resulted in the firing of 24 agents who helped a Bay Area colleague funnel company donations to a small Nebraska college.

The purge, representing the largest housecleaning in State Farm's 75-year history, brought long-simmering resentments about State Farm's ...

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