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GEISE v. PHOENIX CO. OF CHICAGO, INC.

No. 76059.

639 N.E.2d 1273 (1994)

159 Ill.2d 507

203 Ill.Dec. 454

Melody C. GEISE, Appellee, v. The PHOENIX COMPANY OF CHICAGO, INC., et al. (The Phoenix Company of Chicago, Inc., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

August 4, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester A. Lizak, Richard W. Laubenstein and Paula S. Goldberg, Di Monte & Lizak, Park Ridge, for appellant.

Thomas F. Howard, Jr., Bloomingdale, for appellee.

Gerald D. Skoning, Thomas J. Piskorski, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, amicus curiae, for Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.

Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Melody Geise brought this common law tort action in the circuit court of Du Page County to recover damages from the Phoenix Company of Chicago, Inc. (Phoenix), and the company's national sales manager, William Walthall. The basis for her claim was that Walthall had harassed her sexually, then caused her to be fired from her job as a sales representative for Phoenix when she reported his misconduct to the company...

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