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ZIMMERMAN BRUSH CO. v. FAIR EMP. PRAC. COMM'N

No. 53199.

82 Ill.2d 99 (1980)

411 N.E.2d 277

ZIMMERMAN BRUSH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMISSION et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Mocerf and Thomas R. Palmer, of Borovsky, Ehrlich & Kronenberg, of Chicago, for petitioner.

Gary H. Palm and Mark J. Heyrman, of Chicago (Robert L. Cohen, law student, of counsel), for respondent Laverne L. Logan.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Russell C. Grimes, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for respondents Illinois Fair Employment Practices Com. et al.

Writ awarded.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 9, 1979, Laverne Logan was discharged from his employment at the Zimmerman Brush Company (company) in Chicago, on the ground that he was unable to perform his duties on an assembly line due to a physically handicapped left leg. On November 14, Logan filed a charge with the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission (Commission) claiming that he had been discriminated against...

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