WILLMS v. OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Docket No. 3-12-0450.

984 N.E.2d 1194 (2013)

2013 IL App (3d) 120450

368 Ill. Dec. 724

Gary WILLMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan S. McCracken (argued) and Richard L. Steagall , both of Nicoara & Steagall, of Peoria, for appellant.

L. Lee Smith and Ambrose V. McCall (argued), both of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, of Peoria, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice O'BRIEN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The plaintiff, Gary Willms, a former employee of the defendant, OSF Healthcare System, alleged that he was terminated in violation of the Illinois Whistleblower Act (740 ILCS 174/1 et seq. (West 2008)). The trial court granted OSF Healthcare's motion to dismiss, finding that Willms' communication with an Illinois Department of Public Health inspector was not a "disclosure...

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