MICHAEL v. PELLA PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 1-13-2695.

14 N.E.3d 533 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 132695

383 Ill. Dec. 250

Robert MICHAEL, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant v. PELLA PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 25, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Edward T. Joyce & Associates, PC ( Edward T. Joyce and Arthur W. Aufman , of counsel), and William J. Harte, Ltd. ( William J. Harte , of counsel), both of Chicago, and Block & Leviton LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts ( Jeffrey C. Block and Erica G. Sorg , of counsel), for appellant.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC, of Chicago ( Michael H. Cramer , Michael D. Ray , and Daniel O. Canales , of counsel), for appellee.


OPINION

Justice MASON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Plaintiff-Appellant Robert J. Michael, the owner of Robert J. Michael Homes, Inc., brought an action against defendant Pella Products, Inc. under the Illinois Employee Classification Act (the Act) (820 ILCS 185/10 (West 2012)) alleging Pella misclassified him as an independent contractor instead of as an employee of Pella. Pella moved for summary judgment in the trial court...

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