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                    7.   It is understood and agreed that this compromise             
               settlement includes the compromise settlement of any and all           
               legal, evidentiary, discovery, and document production                 
               issues regarding Claim No. 624 * * *.  The parties further             
               agree and understand that neither State Farm nor * * *                 
               [petitioner] will bring any motions, either individually or            
               as part of the class, relative to such Claim No. 624 issues            
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                    13. * * *  The approximate full value                             
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               [petitioner's] claim under the Consent Decree damage formula           
               as of February 1, 1992, is $510,254.00, which represents               
               back pay as a State Farm agent accrued from the year of the            
               challenged appointment to February 1, 1992, plus six months            
               of front pay from that date forward.                                   
                         b.   Settlement Cash at 87.5% Acceptance Rate:               
               State Farm offers * * * [petitioner] Settlement Cash of                
               $190,539.00, which is approximately 37% of the                         
               estimated full Consent Decree value of her claim, to                   
               release her claims against State Farm.  * * *                          
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                    c.   Incentive Cash for Acceptance Rate Above 90%:                
               The Incentive Cash will be $1,800.00 per claimant for                  
               each full percentage point by which the Acceptance Rate                
               * * * exceeds 90%.  * * *                                              
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                    e.   Attorney's Fees:  The payments State                         
               Farm is offering to * * * [petitioner] include her                     
               attorneys' fees and costs * * *.  That is, * * *                       
               [petitioner] will have to pay her attorneys' fees * * *                
               out of the payment State Farm makes to her.  * * *                     
          On April 15, 1992, pursuant to the terms of the settlement, State           
          Farm issued petitioner and her attorneys a check in the amount of           
          $206,739, which included an "incentive cash" payment of $16,200             
          (State Farm payment).  Petitioner's attorneys retained legal fees           







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