LYONS v. HERITAGE HOUSE RESTAURANTS, INC.

No. 54655.

89 Ill.2d 163 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 270

ELAINE LYONS, Appellee, v. HERITAGE HOUSE RESTAURANTS, INC., et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol J. Hansen Fines of Griffin, Winning, Lindner, Newkirk, Cohen & Bodewes, of Springfield, for appellants.

James M. Drake, of Springfield, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Elaine Lyons, alleges she was dismissed by defendant Heritage House from her position as manager of kitchen operations because her superiors there learned that she had developed an early form of cancer of the uterus, a condition which she asserts would have had no effect on her ability to carry out her duties. Claiming the loss of her salary, her...

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