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JAMMAL v. AMERICAN FAMILY INS. CO.

No. 17-4125.

914 F.3d 449 (2019)

Walid JAMMAL; Kathleen Tuersley; Cinda J. Durachinsky; Nathan Garrett, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE COMPANY; American Family Mutual Insurance Company; American Family Life Insurance Company; American Standard Insurance Company of Wisconsin; American Family Termination Benefits Plan; Retirement Plan for Employees of American Family Insurance Group; American Family 401K Plan; Group Life Plan; Group Health Plan; Group Dental Plan; Long Term Disability Plan; American Family Insurance Group Master Retirement Trust; 401K Plan Administrative Committee; Committee of Employees and District Manager Retirement Plan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 29, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Pierre H. Bergeron , SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. Charles J. Crueger , CRUGER DICKINSON LLC, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Pierre H. Bergeron , Lauren S. Kuley , Scott W. Coyle , Colter Paulson , SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, Gregory V. Mersol , Gilbert Brosky , BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants. Charles J. Crueger , Erin K. Dickinson , CRUGER DICKINSON LLC, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, Gregory F. Coleman , GREG COLEMAN LAW PC, Knoxville, Tennessee, Edward A. Wallace , Kara A. Elgersma , WEXLER WALLACE LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Drew T. Legando , LANDSKRONER GRIECO MERRIMAN, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees. J. Philip Calabrese , PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, C. Darcy Copeland Jalandoni , PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP, Columbus, Ohio, Shay Dvoretzky , JONES DAY, Washington, D.C., Paulo B. McKeeby , Ronald E. Manthey , MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Dallas, Texas, Mary Ellen Signorille , AARP FOUNDATION LITIGATION, Washington, D.C., Seth R. Lesser , KLAFTER OLSEN & LESSER LLP, Rye Brook, New York, for Amici Curiae.

BOGGS, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which ROGERS, J., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 460-67), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

In this class action, the named plaintiffs represent several thousand current and former insurance agents for American Family Insurance Company and its affiliates (collectively, "American Family" or "the company"). The agents claim that American Family misclassified them as independent contractors, while treating...

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