Russell v. Hertz Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal from the trial court’s dismissal of their complaint for failure to state a cause of action.

Claiming that he was taxed excessively on the rental of a car, plaintiff Ron Freund sued Avis Rent a Car System (Avis); the city of Chicago; Illinois Director of Revenue, J. Thomas Johnson; and State Treasurer, Jerome Cosentino. Another plaintiff, Kathleen Fennell, joined Freund in his complaint, but she sued the Hertz Corporation (Hertz), as well as the city of Chicago and State officials. Freund and Fennell brought their…