MEEHAN v. ILLINOIS POWER CO.

No. 5-03-0289.

808 N.E.2d 555 (2004)

347 Ill. App.3d 761

283 Ill.Dec. 589

Robert MEEHAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael N. Petkovich, Jackson Lewis LLP, Vienna, VA; Brian McCarthy, Jackson Lewis LLP, Chicago; Beth C. Boggs, Boggs, Boggs & Bates, L.L.C., St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.

Bernard J. Ysursa, Bruce N. Cook, Cook, Ysursa, Bartholomew, Brauer & Shevlin, Ltd., Belleville, for Appellee.


Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 4,1997, the plaintiff, Robert Meehan, filed, in the circuit court of St. Clair County, a complaint charging the defendant, Illinois Power Company, with having violated the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) (29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (2002)), by discharging the plaintiff from his employment because of his age. The plaintiff had filed a charge with the federal Equal Employment...

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