Articles From Karen D. Fox | Illinois State Bar Association

Tort Immunity Act is no protection against claim of retaliatory discharge for pursuing workers’ compensation claim By Karen D. Fox Labor and Employment Law, June 2008 On April 17, 2008, in Smith v. Waukegan Park District, 2008 WL 1746664, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the Tort Immunity Act did not protect a public entity against a claim by an employee of retaliatory discharge for pursuing his workers’ compensation benefits.

Note to employers: You can’t just take it back: An adverse employment action, that is By Karen D. Fox Labor and Employment Law, December 2006 In Phelan v. Cook County, the plaintiff claimed to have suffered an adverse employment action when she was terminated for four months and then was reinstated with back pay.

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