VETERANS MESSENGER SERVICE, INC. v. JORDAN

No. 1-08-0004.

913 N.E.2d 1094 (2009)

VETERANS MESSENGER SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gertrude W. JORDAN, Director of Employment Security, and the Department of Employment Security, an Administrative Agency of the State of Illinois, and Ronald S. Rodgers, Director Of Employment Security's Representative, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District.

August 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Risch, Wessels Sherman, P.C., St. Charles, IL, Sean F. Darke, Wessels Sherman, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, State of Illinois, Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, John P. Schmidt, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal arises from an unemployment trust fund contribution assessment by the Director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security (Department), then Gertrude W. Jordan, against Veterans Messenger Service, Inc. (Veterans), following a 1990 audit concerning the couriers it contracted with. Based on the audit, Director Jordan rejected Veterans' claim that the couriers were independent contractors under section...

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