BISHOP v. WE CARE HAIR DEVELOPMENT CORP.

No. 1-00-0528

738 N.E.2d 610 (2000)

316 Ill.App.3d 1182

250 Ill.Dec. 394

Lela BISHOP, Barbara Wingo, Rinda Yeager, Pamela Dutton, Raymond Green, Barbara Green, Karen Stillwell, Michelle Schroer, George Hornbostel, and Dixie Hornbostel, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, and Michael Castleman, Plaintiff and Cross-Appellee, v. WE CARE HAIR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Doctor's Associates, Inc., Frederick DeLuca, Peter Buck, Franchise World Headquarters, Inc., John F. Amico & Company, John Amico, Sr., Frederick Florio, J'ami International, Inc., and Franchise Real Estate Leasing Corporation, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

September 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Duree of David M. Duree and Associates, P.C., O'Fallon, for Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees and Plaintiff and Cross-Appellee.

Howard L. Teplinsky of Seidler & McErlean, Chicago (Edward Wood Dunham, Kevin M. Kennedy, of Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, CT, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A number of individuals, hereinafter franchisees, filed a complaint against franchisor We Care Hair Development Corporation (We Care Hair). We Care Hair and its affiliates filed motions to compel the franchisees to arbitrate their claims and to stay the proceedings pending arbitration. The trial court granted the motions as to all franchisees except Michael Castleman. The remaining franchisees appealed, arguing that...

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