SCOBY v. CITY OF EAST ST. LOUIS CIV. SERV. COM'N

No. 5-92-0282.

624 N.E.2d 439 (1993)

253 Ill. App.3d 416

191 Ill.Dec. 590

Rudolph SCOBY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION of the CITY of EAST ST. LOUIS and The City of East St. Louis, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

December 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Ripplinger, Jr., Ripplinger, Dixon & Johnston, Belleville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert L. Merriwether, East St. Louis, for defendants-appellees.


Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

On March 23, 1992, Rudolph Scoby ("plaintiff") filed in the circuit court of St. Clair County a petition for attorney fees ("petition") seeking $86,714.80 in attorney fees in a wrongful discharge action against the defendants, Civil Service Commission of East St. Louis and the City of East St. Louis ("defendants"). Plaintiff claimed he was entitled to attorney fees under the Attorneys Fees in Wage Actions Act ("Fees...

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