Robertson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

LYNNE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff was first appointed an agent for defendant in November, 1936, and served continuously in such capacity until August 15, 1954. In addition to compensating its local agents on the basis of a percentage of the membership fee charged on policies when first written, throughout plaintiff’s tenure defendant provided further compensation for servicing policies in an amount equal to the net premiums collected by defendant on policies written by or assigned to its local agents during any one month.

Before February, 1942, the basis of service compensation paid to defendant’s…