Discount Mall vendors sue owner, management

The Discount Mall signs were painted over sometime Tuesday night. Vendors at the mall in Little Village sued the mall’s owner and one of the mall’s management companies, aiming to keep their businesses in operation until a judge can determine whether the vendors are legal tenants. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

A group of vendors from the Little Village Discount Mall have filed a lawsuit against the mall’s owner and against one of the mall’s management companies, they announced Tuesday.

The lawsuit aims to keep the vendors operating inside the mall until a judge can determine whether the vendors are legal tenants at the mall or just licensees who can be summarily closed.