U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Walid Jammal v. Am. Family Ins. Co.
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Danny Julian Boggs
- Judge Eric L. Clay
Case history
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Jan. 29, 2019decided Decision issued in Walid Jammal v. Am. Family Ins. Co.
Opinions and writings
RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 19a0012p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT WALID JAMMAL; KATHLEEN TUERSLEY; CINDA J. ┐ DURACHINSKY; NATHAN GARRETT, │ Plaintiffs-Appellees, │…
BOGGS, Circuit Judge. 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 them as employees, in order to avoid paying them benefits in compliance with the Em…
CLAY, Circuit Judge, dissenting. The only issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether Plaintiffs are "employees" or "independent contractors" for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq . The majority holds th…