Russell v. Kinney Contractors, Inc.

The plaintiffs, Troy Russell and other AFL-CIO union journeymen, appeal from the circuit court’s dismissal of their complaint alleging that the defendant, Kinney Contractors, Inc., falsely imprisoned them while they visited the defendant’s premises to submit applications for employment in response to the defendant’s advertisement of employment opportunities. The circuit court dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaint pursuant to section 2 — 619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 619 (West 2002)), finding that the state common law action of false imprisonment was preempted by the…