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KNECHT v. RADIAC ABRASIVES, INC.

No. 5-90-0468.

579 N.E.2d 1248 (1991)

219 Ill. App.3d 979

162 Ill.Dec. 434

Stan KNECHT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RADIAC ABRASIVES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

October 7, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Bernstein, Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman, P.A., Roseland, N.J., Mary Bassett-Stanford, Salem, for defendant-appellant.

Jack Johnston, Burnside, Dees, Johnston & Choisser, Vandalia, for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff sued defendant, claiming that defendant discharged him in violation of the Workers' Compensation Act (Ill.Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 138.4(h)), which states:

"It shall be unlawful for any employer * * * to discharge * * * or refuse to rehire or recall to active service in a suitable capacity an employee because of the exercise of his or her rights or remedies granted to him or her by this Act...

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