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7,000 Insurance Agents Held to Be Employees for ERISA Purposes
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Link to more items from this source
Sept. 14, 2017

"[T]he Court concluded that the evidence supported both sides but that the amount of control American Family exercised (or could have exercised) tipped the scales in favor of employee status. At the same time, the Court noted that prior case law has been 'nearly unanimous' in finding insurance agents to be independent contractors and that the resolution of damages will be 'unusually complicated.' " [Jammal v. American Family Ins. Group, No. 13-437 (N.D. Ohio Aug. 1, 2017)]  MORE >>

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