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Parties Involved:
Ted Blalock
Cross Defendant
Farmers Insurance Exchange
Plaintiff
Farmers New World Life Insurance Company
Plaintiff
Fire Insurance Exchange
Plaintiff
Bill Henton
Cross Defendant
Larry McCarren
Cross Defendant
Mid-Century Insurance Company
Plaintiff
Cindy Jo Perkins
Cross Defendant
Troy Steele
Cross Defendant
Steele Insurance Agency, Inc.
Cross Claimant
Truck Insurance Exchange
Plaintiff

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HINSHAW & CULBERTSON

633 West 5th Street, 47th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2043

213-680-2800

Royal F. Oakes (SBN 080480)

roakes@mail.hinshawlaw.com

Royal F. Oakes (SBN 080480)

roakes@mail.hinshawlaw.com

HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP

633 West 5th Street, 47th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2043

Telephone: 213-680-2800

Facsimile: 213-614-7399

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Farmers Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance

Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, Mid-Century Insurance Company and Farmers New World Life

Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, an 

inter-insurance exchange; TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE, an inter- insurance exchange; FIRE INSURANCE 

EXCHANGE, an inger-insurance exchange; MID-CENTURY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a corporation; and FARMERS NEW WORLD LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a corporation, 

Plaintiff,

vs.

STEELE INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., a 

California corporation; TROY STEELE, an 

individual; TED BLALOCK, an individual; 

LARRY MCCARREN, an individual; BILL 

HENTON, an individual; CINDY JO 

PERKINS, an individual; and DOES 1 

through 50, inclusive,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:13-cv-00784-MCE-DAD

STIPULATED PERMANENT

INJUNCTION AND ORDER

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Pursuant to the signed agreement filed March 19, 2015 (ECF No. 94), 

Defendants Steele Insurance Agency, Inc., Troy Steele, Ted Blalock, Larry 

McCarren, Bill Henton and Cindy Jo Perkins (“Defendants”) and Plaintiffs Farmers 

Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, MidCentury Insurance Company, and Farmers New World Life Insurance Company (“ 

“Farmers”), by and through their attorneys of record, stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS Farmers brought an action against Defendants seeking, among 

other things, injunctive relief; and

WHEREAS, Farmers and Defendants seek to resolve all issues, claims, and 

controversies between them arising from this action;

WHEREAS, Farmers and Defendants, by and through their attorneys of 

record, have entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release, pursuant to which 

they have stipulated and agreed, among other things, that this Stipulated Permanent 

Injunction may be entered by the Court in favor of Farmers and against Defendants;

THEREFORE, based upon the stipulation of Farmers and Defendants, the 

Court hereby orders as follows:

1. Defendants, their agents, employees, and all those acting in concert with 

them who receive actual notice of this Order shall:

a. Immediately cease and desist accessing, utilizing, divulging, or making use 

in any manner, confidential trade secret information relating to the identity of, 

or any information regarding, Farmers policyholders;

b. Defendants shall immediately cease and desist duplicating, copying, 

condensing, or summarizing trade secret policyholder information obtained 

from Farmers’ computer database or from hard copy or electronic files of 

former Farmers agents;

c. Immediately cease and desist duplicating, copying, condensing, or 

summarizing information obtained from Farmers’ computer databases or the 

files of former Farmers agents that pertains to policyholder expirations or 

other policyholder information; and

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d. Immediately cease and desist disseminating, transferring, publishing, or 

communicating to any other person, including competing insurance carriers, 

Farmers’ trade secret policyholder information.

2. Defendants will immediately report to Plaintiffs any violations of 

Paragraph 1.

3. Defendants shall not, directly or indirectly through their employees, agents 

or independent contractors, solicit or induce any current Farmers producer, agent or 

district manager to terminate their contract with Farmers and/or to become 

appointed with the Steele Insurance Agency Inc., by calling, communicating in 

writing, sending emails, texts or other electronic communications to current Farmers 

producers, agents or district managers;

4. Defendants will immediately return to Farmers any Farmers’ materials 

Defendants may have in their possession, including but not limited to any 

documents generated by Farmers or producers, agents, or district managers of 

Farmers, Farmers’ internal manuals, lists of Farmers customers, Farmers 

policyholder information, leads regarding potential Farmers customers, or any other 

type of Farmers customer information. Alternatively, Defendants shall certify under 

oath that any such material, if it was ever in their possession, has been destroyed.

5. Farmers is entitled to $2,500 for each violation of this Stipulated 

Permanent Injunction, and may seek further compensation and remedies consistent 

with applicable law.

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6. Within five business days after entry, Defendants shall notify all of their 

employees, agents, and independent contractors about this Order and provide a copy 

to them. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 23, 2015

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