Thomas v. Weatherguard Construction Company, Inc.

*889 ¶ 1 In 2007, plaintiff Raymond Thomas sued defendant Weatherguard Construction Company, Inc., alleging that defendant was his employer and owed him $47,666 in commissions for contracts that plaintiff had procured on defendant's behalf. Thomas v. Weatherguard Construction Co. , 2015 IL App (1st) 142785 , ¶¶ 1, 3, 397 Ill.Dec. 395 , 42 N.E.3d 21 . In 2014, after a bench trial, the trial court found that defendant was indeed plaintiff's employer and did owe plaintiff commissions, but awarded plaintiff only $9226.52 in damages, or roughly one-fifth of what plaintiff had originally sought. Thomas…