Supreme Court of Illinois

In an action brought under the Illinois Wage Act for unpaid vacation time and severance pay after defendant Kowa Printing terminated business, judgement against defendants Thomas Kowa and Huston-Patterson Corporation is reversed where neither was plaintiffs' employer for purposes of the Wage Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/20/2005
• Published 06/06/2007

Judges

• Chief Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas B. Meyer and Steven L. Blakely, of Acton & Snyder, L.L.P., Danville, for appellants., Karen L. Root, of Hawkins & Root, P.C., Decatur, for amicus curiae The Printing Industry of Illinois/Indiana.


• For Appellees:
  
• John F. Martin, of Meachum & Martin, Danville, and Jon D. Robinson and Christopher M. Ellis, of Bolen, Robinson & Ellis, L.L.P., Decatur, for appellees.