Valerio v. Moore Landscapes

Plaintiffs, 12 landscape laborers, filed suit against defendant landscaping company for failing to pay them the prevailing wage for the tree planting work pursuant to its contracts with Chicago Park District. Work performed by laborers in connection with landscape work may be covered under Wage Act depending upon nature of the work. Chicago Park District was a public body and the contracted work was a public works project. Plaintiffs’ allegations in complaint—that they were employed by defendant and worked planting trees and performing landscaping and related work for Chicago Park District—was sufficient to survive defendant’s 2-615 motion to dismiss.(GORDON and BURKE, concurring.)