IN the CIRCUIT COURT of COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Taynarvis MASSEY, Maria VILLASENOR, Noemi
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Taynarvis MASSEY, Maria VILLASENOR, ) Noemi VILLASENOR, Sujey FIGUEROA, ) Edwin PLIEGO, Truvon TURNER, ) Jayvonna GARDLEY, Ryan FREEMAN, ) 20 CH 4247 and Joyce FREEMAN ) Judge Eve Reilly ) Calendar 7 Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) McDONALD’S CORPORATION, ) McDONALD’S USA, LLC, McDONALD’S ) RESTAURANTS OF ILLINOIS, INC., ) LEXI MANAGEMENT LLC, and DAK4, ) LLC ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Due notice having been given and Defendants appeared through Counsel. An evidentiary hearing on the preliminary injunction was held via remote proceedings on June 4, 2020, June 10, 2020, June 15, 2020 and June 16, 2020 with Judge Reilly presiding. The Court, having considered Plaintiffs’ Complaint, Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction (“PI”), Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in support thereof, Defendants’ Verified Answer, and Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion; and having considered the evidence submitted by the parties, the testimony of the witnesses and their credibility, and the arguments of counsel, finds the following. 1 PARTIES Five plaintiffs are employees of four McDonald's franchises and/or McDonald’s Operating Company (“McOpCos”): Taynarvis Massey (“Massey”), Maria Villasenor (“Villasenor”), Sujey Figueroa (“Figueroa”), Truvon Turner (“Turner”), and Ryan Freeman (“Freeman”). Collectively, these Plaintiffs are known as the “Worker Plaintiffs.” The remaining four plaintiffs are family members or cohabitants of the McDonald’s employees. They are: Noemi Villasenor (“Noemi”), Edwin Pliego (“Pliego”), Jayvonna Gardley (“Gardley”) and Joyce Freeman (“Joyce”). McDonald’s Corporation (“McDonald’s”) operates and franchises McDonald’s restaurants. Defendant DAK4, LLC (“DAK4”) owns and operates the franchise of McDonald’s located at 10320 South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago.
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