GONZALEZ v. PRESTRESS ENGINEERING CORP.

Nos. 62644, 62645 cons.

115 Ill.2d 1 (1986)

503 N.E.2d 308

JOSE ISABEL GONZALEZ, Appellee, v. PRESTRESS ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Appellant. — JOHN REPYAK et al., Appellees, v. PRESTRESS ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Badel, Michael T. Roumell and Nancy G. Ross, of McDermott, Will & Emery, of Chicago, for appellant.

Emmanuel F. Guyon, of Streator, for appellees.

Harold A. Katz, Jerome Schur and David E. Rapoport, of Katz, Friedman, Schur & Eagle, of Chicago, for amicus curiae W.G. Stewart.

Thomas H. Geoheghan, of Despres, Schwartz & Geoheghan, of Chicago, and Paul Alan Levy and Alan B. Morrison, of Washington, D.C., for amici curiae Teamsters for a Democratic Union et al.

James D. Lynch, of Springfield, for amicus curiae United Mine Workers of America, District 12.

Charles C. Jackson and Robert B. Ulrich, of Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, of Chicago, for amicus curiae the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce.


Affirmed and remanded.

CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

In Midgett v. Sackett-Chicago, Inc. (1984), 105 Ill.2d 143, cert. denied (1985), 474 U.S. 909, 88 L.Ed.2d 243, 106 S.Ct. 278, cert. denied (1985), 472 U.S. 1032, 87 L.Ed.2d 642, 105 S.Ct. 3513, this court held that a tort action for retaliatory discharge for exercising rights under the Workers' Compensation Act (Ill. Rev...

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