GOULD v. KEMPER NAT. INS. COMPANIES

No. 93 C 7189.

880 F.Supp. 527 (1995)

Patricia E. GOULD, Plaintiff, v. KEMPER NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANIES and Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Shannon, Jeffrey Grant Brown, Shannon & Brown, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

Paul R. Garry, Brett G. Rawitz, Bates, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

Certain words resonanate badly in the ear of an employee. Fire, dismiss, remove. Terminate. Eliminate. Or, to use the euphemistic verb favored by employers in the 90s, Downsize. But no matter which word is used, the unavoidable byproduct is the same: people are put out of work.

The point at which a business' financial imperatives intrude on an individual's ability to earn a livelihood is often the...

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