Steeg v. Lawyers Title Ins.

LEMMON, Judge.

Plaintiffs, the authorized agents of several title insurance corporations, filed a petition for injunctive relief seeking to enjoin defendants, another title insurance corporation and its agent, from violating R.S. 22:1406, subd. C, which requires that “Every title insurer doing business in this state shall adhere to the rates promulgated by any title insurance rating bureau licensed under this Part, and which rates have been approved by the casualty and surety insurance division.”

Plaintiffs alleged that defendants adopted a rate schedule which was not promulgated by any…