In Re Horwitz

On March 2, 1933, the Zurich General Accident and Liability Insurance Company filed a complaint against the respondent with the committee on grievances of the Chicago Bar Association. It was signed by A. D. Owen, superintendent of the Chicago claim department of that company and charged substantially the facts set forth in the following summary of the evidence submitted to us:

A. D. Owen testified that in his position as superintendent of claims for his company he became suspicious of an adjuster in its employ and decided to test his honesty; that he determined to put through a fictitious…