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EMERSON v. DART

No. 23-3029.

109 F.4th 936 (2024)

Paula EMERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas J. DART, Sheriff of Cook County, and Cook County, Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Jeffrey Greco, Attorney, Michael J. Greco, Oak Park, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Colleen M. Harvey, Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Jackson-Akiwumi, Lee, and Kolar, Circuit Judges.

In 2019, Paula Emerson was fired from her job as a Cook County Corrections Officer. She sued Cook County and the Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart (Defendants), claiming that they had terminated her in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission (IWCC) in 2014. Defendants...

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