Melnick v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

OPINION

WALTERS, Justice.

Plaintiff Melnick began a State Farm Insurance Agency in Los Alamos in 1946. On May 13,1980, State Farm Mutual Insurance Company terminated Melnick’s insurance agency contract and ordered him to cease operation of his agency. Melnick requested a termination review hearing, and State Farm impaneled a review committee which recommended that Melnick’s termination be upheld. The president of State Farm reviewed the committee’s findings and adopted its recommendation. Melnick subsequently filed actions against State Farm and requested a jury trial.

Evidently, Melnick at one…