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

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Publication Date: 01-MAY-97

Author: Liedtke, Michael
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COPYRIGHT 1997 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News

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 handling of its...

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