CRUZ v. FARMERS INS. EXCHANGE

No. 21-1069.

42 F.4th 1205 (2022)

Michael CRUZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE; Truck Insurance Exchange; Fire Insurance Exchange; Mid-Century Insurance Company; Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED August 3, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. Lamar, Allentown, Pennsylvania, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James R. Holland, II, (Laura Bailey Brown of Fisher & Phillips, LLP, with him on the brief), Kansas City, Missouri, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MORITZ, KELLY, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


Michael Cruz sued defendants alleging that they terminated his contract, under which he sold defendants' insurance products, on the basis of race, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981. In support, Cruz relied on a statement allegedly made by his district manager, which Cruz argued represented direct evidence of discrimination...

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