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"JAMMAL V AMERICAN FAMILY;
THE UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICT IS THAT AGENTS ARE, IN FACT, EMPLOYEES. THE AGENTS WON!!
It will be some time before the judge comes back with the penalty, but just knowing that the jury agreed with Plaintiffs on behalf of the agents is awesome. Hey, give God the GLORY!* 4/18/2017"
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Jury says American Family Insurance misclassified agents in class action seeking retirement benefits | cleveland.com
"The jury apparently agreed that AmFam cannot have it both ways," Erin Dickinson, a Milwaukee-area attorney who worked on the case, said in the news release.*"A company cannot just call its agents 'independent contractors' to avoid following the federal law protecting retirement benefits and then insist on controlling how those agents do their work."
"We strongly disagree with the advisory verdict and believe it is contrary to the facts that American Family treats our agents as the independent contractors that they are," Muth's statement says. "The classification of insurance agents as independent contractors is common in our industry and has been affirmed by the courts in the past. Not only does our agents' independent-contractor designation comply with the law, it benefits our agents by providing them great independence to make their businesses successful."
The jury's decision in this case mirrors litigation underway across the country that seeks benefits and payment standards for people*who work at*companies that classify workers*as independent contractors.
"JAMMAL V AMERICAN FAMILY;
THE UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICT IS THAT AGENTS ARE, IN FACT, EMPLOYEES. THE AGENTS WON!!
It will be some time before the judge comes back with the penalty, but just knowing that the jury agreed with Plaintiffs on behalf of the agents is awesome. Hey, give God the GLORY!* 4/18/2017"
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Jury says American Family Insurance misclassified agents in class action seeking retirement benefits | cleveland.com
"The jury apparently agreed that AmFam cannot have it both ways," Erin Dickinson, a Milwaukee-area attorney who worked on the case, said in the news release.*"A company cannot just call its agents 'independent contractors' to avoid following the federal law protecting retirement benefits and then insist on controlling how those agents do their work."
"We strongly disagree with the advisory verdict and believe it is contrary to the facts that American Family treats our agents as the independent contractors that they are," Muth's statement says. "The classification of insurance agents as independent contractors is common in our industry and has been affirmed by the courts in the past. Not only does our agents' independent-contractor designation comply with the law, it benefits our agents by providing them great independence to make their businesses successful."
The jury's decision in this case mirrors litigation underway across the country that seeks benefits and payment standards for people*who work at*companies that classify workers*as independent contractors.
