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CARVER LUMBER v. HUMAN RIGHTS COMM'N

No. 3-87-0075.

162 Ill. App.3d 419 (1987)

515 N.E.2d 417

CARVER LUMBER COMPANY, Appellant, v. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed October 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Harvel, Homer W. Keller, and Ross E. Canterbury, all of Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, of Peoria, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jill A. Deutsch, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee Human Rights Commission.

Donald R. Jackson, of Jackson, Mitchell & Collier, of Peoria, for appellee James Offutt.

Order reversed.

JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 13, 1982, respondent, James Offutt (Offutt), filed a complaint with respondent, the Illinois Human Rights Commission (Commission), alleging that he had been laid off and not recalled by his employer, Carver Lumber Company, because he was black and because he had a physical handicap. After a hearing, the Commission filed a complaint with itself against the employer on December 23...

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