Merrill v. Drazek

This is an appeal from an order entered by the Circuit Court of Cook County declaring the plaintiffs to be employees of the State of Illinois.

The only issue presented on appeal is whether prior to January 1, 1974, the plaintiffs, employees of the Cook County Department of Public Aid, were, for purposes of employee benefits, employees of the State of Illinois or the County of Cook.

On April 28, 1972, seven named plaintiffs who were employees of the Cook County Department of Public Aid filed a class action seeking a declaratory judgment as to whether they were employees of the State of Illinois…