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The Welcome Inn labor relations case could be coming to an end — but only if the defendants accept a settlement demand offered by the attorney for the plaintiffs. Attorney John Ireland, representing April Brashier, Chad Lebow, Richard Orencia and more than two dozen former and current employees, offered a Nov.30 settlement demand. The demand would settle the case for approximately 34 plaintiffs, who allege Welcome Inn owners operated in violation of the Illinois Fair Labor Standards Act. Last month the case involving the Quincy, IL hotel had been reassigned to Judge Colin Stirling Bruce and Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long. U.S. Magistrate Judge Tom Schanzle-Haskins is no longer on the case. A telephone conference was held between Ireland and attorneys for the defendant Kevin Doherty, Ambrose McCall and Thomas Luetkemeyer. The parties indicated discovery has not been initiated due to interest in mediation, court records show. Case history Plaintiffs April R. Brashier, Richard M. Orencia, and Chad Lebow filed a l