Jones v. Farmers Ins. Exchange

WALLACE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, Frank Wilton Jones and Carmon C. Harris, bring this action against the defendants, Farmers Insurance Exchange of Los Angeles, California, a reciprocal insurance association, and Farmers Underwriters Association, a Nevada corporation, to recover an attorney’s fee.

Plaintiffs allege that the defendants, with knowledge that the plaintiffs represented one W. H. Kyle who had an insurance claim against the defendants, after inducing the plaintiffs to refrain from filing suit upon the promise of probable settlement of the claim, settled the claim directly with…