JONES v. BURKART FOAM, INC.

No. 5-91-0586.

596 N.E.2d 882 (1992)

231 Ill. App.3d 500

173 Ill.Dec. 258

Gene Earl JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BURKART FOAM, INC., and Don Hook, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

July 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Alleman, R. Courtney Hughes & Associates, Carbondale, for plaintiff-appellant.

W.C. Spomer, Cairo, and Frank J. Saibert, Timothy A. Wolfe, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, for defendants-appellees.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was brought by the plaintiff, Gene Earl Jones, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful discharge from his employment by the defendants, Burkart Foam, Inc. (Count I), and Personnel Manager Don Hook (Count II). The trial court granted defendants' motions for summary judgment from which plaintiff appeals. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff began working for Burkart Foam, Inc., in September 1984...

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