Insurance producers live in a competitive world. When an agent from one firm moves to another and brings along his clients, the old employer may sue the new employer and the employee for breach of non-competition agreements or other tortious conduct. The suits are usually pursued aggressively and because both parties are insurance experts, they will draw the complaint to prevent the defendant from obtaining a defense or indemnity from the defendant's insurer.
Matthew T. Szura & Co. and Mayfair Insurance Agency are competing providers of insurance products and services. In February 2009, Mayfair filed an action in Michigan state court against Szura and Doug Charon, alleging that Charon breached his confidentiality agreement and fiduciary duties when he left Mayfair, joined Szura, and sold Szura's insurance products to Mayfair's customers.
Mayfair also alleged that Szura tortuously interfered with the confidentiality agreement in the Charon-Mayfair employment contract and with Mayfair's business relationships and expectancies.
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