CASANOVA v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-01-3583.

793 N.E.2d 907 (2003)

342 Ill. App.3d 80

276 Ill.Dec. 148

Carlos CASANOVA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, Illinois; The Chicago, Illinois, Fire Department; Chicago Fire Fighters Union, Local # 2, International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO-CLC; and Edwin H. Benn, Arbitrator, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley H. Jakala, Berwyn, for Appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel City of Chicago, Appeals Division (Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna R. Solomon and David Graver, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice HALL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff-appellant, Carlos Casanova, a former firefighter with the Chicago fire department appeals from the circuit court's order dismissing his second amended petition to vacate the arbitrator's award. In the arbitration award, the arbitrator found that the City of Chicago (City) had demonstrated just cause for discharging Casanova after he tested positive for alcohol in violation of his "Last Chance Agreement" (LCA...

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