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CROSS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-03-0408.

815 N.E.2d 956 (2004)

352 Ill. App.3d 1

287 Ill.Dec. 312

Franklin CROSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

August 30, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Wolf, John W. Norris, Wolf & Norris, Chicago, for Appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon, and Suzanne M. Loose, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellee.

Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Franklin Cross, was discharged from his position as a probationary laborer in the Chicago Department of Water. He subsequently brought this action alleging that his discharge had been in retaliation for exercising his rights pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 2002)). After discovery, defendant, the City of Chicago (the city), filed its first motion for summary...

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