Herman v. Prudence Mutual Casualty Co.

In a three-count complaint seeking injunctive relief and damages, plaintiffs alleged that defendants conspired to induce breaches of 92 of plaintiffs’ attorney-client relationships and procure fraudulent settlements in personal injury claims pending against assureds of defendant insurance company. The trial court sustained defendants’ motion to strike and dismissed the complaint.

Plaintiffs, asserting a substantial constitutional question, appealed directly to the Supreme Court, which found it had no. jurisdiction on the direct appeal and transferred the cause to this court. From this we…