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The motion requesting class certification defines three separate classes:

All employee agents (1) with less than twenty years of continuous service before June 30, 2000, and (2) who, upon being instructed that they could no longer remain in the service of Allstate unless they became "exclusive agent independent contractors," signed an R3001S contract and continued to provide service for Allstate under that contract (collectively, the "converted agent class").
All employee agents (1) with less than twenty years of continuous service before January 1, 2001, and (2) who, upon being instructed that they could no longer remain in the service of Allstate unless they became "exclusive agent independent contractors," elected to retire from Allstate by December 31, 2000 (collectively, the "retired agent class").
All employee agents (1) hired before January 1, 1992, under an R830 or R1500 contract (2) who had not attained the age of fifty-five as of December 31, 1991, and (3) could have attained eligibility for the "beefed-up" early retirement benefit if the purported amendment had not been adopted and/or the "Preparing for the Future" Program had not been implemented (collectively, the "beef-up class").

If you are a member of one or more of the proposed classes, you may benefit if the suit is successful.

By Order dated March 30, 2004, the Honorable John P. Fullam, Senior U.S. District Judge, dismissed the Romero II Complaint on the ground that the claims asserted by the plaintiffs are time-barred. In dismissing the Complaint in its entirety, the Court stated that to the extent employee agents "lost pension entitlements when they became independent contractors or former employees, that consequence would be an element of damages if they establish that their change in status was a breach of contract or otherwise illegal - claims which are being asserted in Romero I and the EEOC action." Further information about the Romero I and EEOC lawsuits can be found at www.allstatecase.com.