SWIETON v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 83-1319.

129 Ill. App.3d 379 (1984)

472 N.E.2d 503

STEVEN SWIETON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed December 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neville, Pappas & Mahoney, Ltd., of Chicago (George Pappas, of counsel), for appellant.

James D. Montgomery, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Jerome A. Siegan and Lynn K. Mitchell, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellees city of Chicago and Chicago Fire Department.

Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove, of Chicago (Robert S. Sugarman and Stephen B. Horwitz, of counsel), for appellee Chicago Fire Fighters Union, Local 2.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Steven Swieton, initially brought this action against the city of Chicago, the Chicago fire department, William Blair, the fire commissioner, and James R. Fahey, the director of personnel of the fire department (hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as City), alleging that he had been wrongfully discharged from his employment as a fire fighter with the department and...

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