$90M Adjuster OT Verdict Rocks Insurers

Last week's $90 million judgment against Farmers Insurance Exchange for failing to pay overtime to adjusters in California will be followed by legal action against other insurers in other states, the plaintiffs' attorney warned.

"Some will be facing lawsuits; others have changed their policies," said Steven Zieff of Rudy, Exelrod & Zieff, the San Francisco-based law firm that brought the successful class action against Farmers on behalf of 2,402 adjusters. Insurer representatives said Allstate and State Farm are already targets of such suits.

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