Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
The Illinois’ Wage Payment and Collection Act, 820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (the “Act”) provides some strong recourse to an employee who isn’t paid by his employer. Not only can a corporate employer be liable to the employee claimant, but so can individual corporate officers in some cases. See Act, ss. 2, 13. In addition, Act Section …
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After winning one out of nine claims, the plaintiff – a recently fired loan officer – sued to recover about $30K in attorneys’ fees under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA) from his former employer. Awarding the plaintiff just a fraction (just over $5K) of his claimed fees, the Northern District in Palar v. …
Elsener v. Brown, 2013 IL App (2d) 120209 (Sept. 2013) examines when personal liability will attach to a corporate officer under Section 13 of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, 820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (the “Wage Act”) where that corporate officer lives out-of-state. Facts: After plaintiff sold the business journal he founded to an Ohio corporation, plaintiff signed a three-year …
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