In Re Ecco D'Oro Food Corporation

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RONALD BARLIANT, Bankruptcy Judge.

This dispute arises from a contract between Ecco D’Oro Food Corporation, an Illinois corporation (“the Debtor”) and Genesys Group pursuant to which Genesys leased 70 employees to the Debtor to work in the Debtor’s Michigan factory. Genesys has filed a proof of claim to recover sums owed to the leased employees and asserts that this claim is entitled to priority distribution because it is a claim for employee wages. The Debtor and the committee of unsecured creditors dispute the claim and assert that even if the claim were allowed, it would…