ANDREWS v. KOWA PRINTING CORP.

No. 4-03-0885.

814 N.E.2d 198 (2004)

351 Ill. App.3d 668

286 Ill.Dec. 548

Nancy P. ANDREWS; Glen T. Blanton; Dorothy Spencer Broman; Ronald S. Byers; James F. Clark; Robert W. Constans; Julie D. Crouch; James A. Czajkowski; Jerry Edwards; Joseph E. Eickhoff; Gregory D. Fegett; James C. Gibbons; Marilyn Gooch; Richard L. Greenlee; David Guymon; Ormal S. Handley, Jr.; Jerry W. Harper; Mary M. Hires; Karen S. Johnson; David L. Kelley, Nellie M. Knapp; Sharon Kramer; Warder E. McCord; Glenn Michaelson; Ronald Nikel; Bruce M. Overstreet; Arthur J. Powell; Charlotte R. Quick; Michael L. Ribbings; Linda L. Sands; Shirley G. Smith; Jamie A. Stafford; Michael G. Walker; Lois J. Williams; and Joseph F. Young, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KOWA PRINTING CORPORATION, an Illinois Corporation; Thomas W. Kowa, Personally; and Huston-Patterson Corporation, an Illinois Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided August 4, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Martin (argued), Meachum & Martin, Danville, for Kowa Printing Corporation.

Thomas B. Meyer (argued), Steven L. Blakely, Acton & Snyder, LLP, Danville, for Nancy P. Andrews.


Justice APPLETON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Kowa Printing Corporation (Kowa Printing), Thomas W. Kowa, and Huston-Patterson Corporation (Huston-Patterson), appeal the trial court's judgment awarding plaintiffs vacation and severance pay. Plaintiffs are former union employees of Kowa Printing. Defendants argue plaintiffs' claims are preempted by federal law due to the existence of a collective-bargaining agreement and that the provisions of federal...

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