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TEXAS FARM BUREAU INS. COMPANIES v. SEARS

No. 10-00-050-CV.

54 S.W.3d 361 (2001)

TEXAS FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COMPANIES, Appellant, v. James SEARS, et ux., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

July 25, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda K. McCloud, Beck, Redden & Secrest, Houston, Brent Howard, Howard & Davis, Tyler, Sherwin A. Winniford, Fulbright, Winniford & Marable, Waco, for appellant.

Ron Adkinson, Wellborn, Houston, Adkison, Mann, Sadler & Hill, Henderson, for appellee.

Before Justices VANCE, GRAY, and CUMMINGS.

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

In 1983, James Sears was an insurance agent for Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies ("Farm Bureau" or the "company") in its Nacogdoches office, which was managed by Joe Sweat. Sears reported to Sweat that he suspected irregularities in how claims were being processed in the office. The allegations were that a local contractor, Mickey Walker, would inflate bids on repairs for property damage which would then be approved by Farm Bureau...

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