Allstate Denied Summary Judgment In Breach Of Contract, Trade Secrets Suit

Mealey's (November 20, 2018, 9:18 AM EST) -- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A federal judge in Missouri on Nov. 19 ruled that an insurance company failed to establish as a matter of law that the operator of a former affiliate misappropriated the agency’s trade secrets when it began operating a competing company in violation of the terms of an exclusive agency agreement (EAA) (Allstate Insurance Co. v. Stuart Head, No. 17-4169, W.D. Mo., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 196342)....