Legal Opinion
Fogel v. Farmers Group, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 7, 2008No. B182156PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WILLHITE, Acting P. J.
The issue presented in this appeal is whether the attomeys-in-fact for subscribers of reciprocal insurance exchanges may be sued by the subscribers to recover alleged excessive fees the attorneys-in-fact collected in breach of their fiduciary duty to the subscribers. The fees were collected from premiums the subscribers paid to the exchanges. The premiums were based upon rates approved by the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance (the Commissioner). The attomeys-in-fact contend the attorney-in-fact fees (the AIF fees) are a component of that approved rate…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Central Office Telephone, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
- Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- Shaw v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1997
- 20th Century Insurance v. GaramendiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Arias v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
- Troyk v. Farmers Group, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2009
- MacKay v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2010
- Rapp v. Green Tree Servicing, LLCDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2014
- Leghorn v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.District Court, N.D. California · 2013
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