POWELL v. CITY OF CHICAGO HUMAN RIGHTS COMM'N

No. 1-08-0752.

906 N.E.2d 24 (2009)

Christiana M. POWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, Clarence N. Wood, Chairman/Commissioner, Chicago Commission on Human Relations, Chicago Transit Authority and Omar Colon, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

March 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Gerstein, Des Plaines (Myles Glasgow, of counsel), for Appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Chicago (Benna Ruth Solomon, Myriam Zreczny Kasper and Suzanne M. Loose, of counsel), for Appellees City of Chicago, City of Chicago Commission of Human Relations and Clarence N. Wood.


Presiding Justice KARNEZIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Christiana M. Powell filed an employment discrimination complaint with the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations (the commission). She alleged her former employer, the Chicago Transit Authority (the CTA), and department manager, Omar Colon (Colon), discriminated against her on the basis of her sexual orientation in violation of the City of Chicago...

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