Texas/Farmers Settlement Enters Appeals Stage; Briefs Are Filed

AUSTIN, Texas - Appeals briefs have been filed by the intervenors and defendants of the settlement agreement reached late last year in a discriminatory practices case filed by the State of Texas against Farmers Group, Inc., and related companies. Jan Lubin, et al., Appellants, v. Farmers Group, Inc., et al., Appellees, No. 03-03-00374-CV (Texas. Ct. Appeals, 3rd Dist., Austin).

In their Oct. 13 briefs, the State of Texas and Farmers countered claims made by the intervenors in their Sept. 22 brief, including that the Attorney General of Texas had a conflict of interest in filing the class action, and that …