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MICRO SWITCH v. HUMAN RIGHTS COMM'N

No. 86-1541.

164 Ill. App.3d 582 (1987)

517 N.E.2d 587

MICRO SWITCH, a division of HONEYWELL, INC., Appellant, v. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed September 25, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Burstein and Laura DiGiantonio, both of Chadwell & Kayer, Ltd., of Chicago, and Honeywell, Inc., of Minneapolis, Minnesota (David Grabham, of counsel), for appellant.

Lionel I. Brazen and Manuel Rosenstein, both of Chicago, for appellee Erle B. Johnson.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Kathryn A. Spalding, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee Human Rights Commission.

Affirmed in part and remanded in part.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

The Illinois Human Rights Commission (Commission) found that Micro Switch had violated the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 851 et seq.) (FEPA) by demoting Erle B. Johnson because of what they erroneously perceived as a handicap. The Commission ordered that he be reinstated to the higher position of employment. On administrative...

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