Legal Opinion
Enger v. Chicago Carriage Cab Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 29, 2014No. 14-cv-02117PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ANDREA R. WOOD, United States District Judge
In this putative class action, current and former Chicago taxi drivers have sued the taxi cab services for which they have worked, as well as a number of individuals who own those services. The plaintiffs claim that these defendants violated the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (“IWPCA”), 820 ILCS 115 et seq., by improperly classifying them as independent contractors, failing to pay them the minimum wage or overtime pay, improperly charging them to work, and forcing them to bear their own operating expenses. In…
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