BLOUNT v. STROUD

No. 105577.

904 N.E.2d 1 (2009)

232 Ill.2d 302

Jerri BLOUNT, Appellant, v. Joseph STROUD et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collins Whitfield, of Whitfield McGann & Ketterman, and Terrence J. Lavin, Robin B. Potter, Martin A. Dolan, Chicago, for appellant.

Walter Jones, Jr., Linzey D. Jones, Tiffany M. Ferguson, Jenny M. Norenberg, of Pugh, Jones, Johnson & Quandt, P.C., Chicago, and Frank Adams, of Tinley Park, for appellees.

Matthew D. Ports, of Pfaff & Gill, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Randall D. Schmidt, Chicago, and John A. Cise, law student, for amici curiae NELA/Illinois and the Employment Discrimination Project.


OPINION

Chief Justice FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Plaintiff, Jerri Blount, appeals from a judgment of the appellate court reversing a multimillion dollar judgment entered by the Cook County circuit court following a jury trial on plaintiff's federal and state retaliation claims against defendant, Jovon Broadcasting Corporation (Jovon). See 376 Ill.App.3d 935, 315 Ill.Dec. 562, 877 N.E.2d 49

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