US Magistrate Judge Eric Long has issued a letter to counsel in the Welcome Inn case that could be near settlement. In a Jan. 28 letter, Judge Long set out what needed to be done before the settlement conference scheduled for Feb. 22. The judge posed several questions...
A Welcome Inn settlement could soon be reached in the longstanding case. The parties to the suit have scheduled a settlement conference for February 22 at the Urbana, Illinois courthouse. By Feb. 15, each counsel, by confidential letter, must submit to the court a...
Settlement Negotiations Underway in Welcome Inn Hotel Case Settlement negotiations are underway in the Welcome Inn hotel case, according to the most recent court filings. The parties held a telephone status conference on Jan. 11 before Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long....
The Welcome Inn labor relations case could be coming to an end — but only if the defendants accept a Welcome Inn settlement demand offered by the attorney for the plaintiffs. Attorney John Ireland, representing April Brashier, Chad Lebow, Richard Orencia and more than...
The owners of a Welcome Inn hotel in Quincy, Illinois had initially reacted to a lawsuit by interviewing employees as to their working conditions, according to court documents. In Brashier v. Quincy Properties, LLC, former Welcome Inn employees April Brashier, Richard...
