ILL. BELL TEL. CO. v. HUMAN RIGHTS COMM'N

No. 1-87-2415.

190 Ill. App.3d 1036 (1989)

547 N.E.2d 499

ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Respondents.

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

Opinion filed November 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francine Soliunas and Paul K. Whitsitt, both of Illinois Bell Telephone Company, of Chicago, for petitioner.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Shawn W. Denney, Solicitor General, and William H. London, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for respondent Human Rights Commission.

Stanley L. Hill & Associates, of Chicago, for respondent Mary Amos.


Order affirmed.

JUSTICE PINCHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, appeals from a decision of the Illinois Human Rights Commission (Commission) that petitioner unlawfully discriminated against petitioner's employee, complainant Mary Amos, in discharging her because of her absenteeism occasioned by her endometriosis disease handicap, and because of petitioner's unreasonable failure to accommodate her handicap. Petitioner...

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