LUCAS v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 1-11-3052.

987 N.E.2d 56 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 113052

369 Ill. Dec. 714

Dorothy J. LUCAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The COUNTY OF COOK, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

March 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Denise M. Mercherson, of Chicago ( Denise M. Mercherson , of counsel), for appellant.

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr. , Gregory Vaci , and Andrew J. Creighton , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


OPINION

Presiding Justice HARRIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Plaintiff, Dorothy J. Lucas, M.D., filed a two-count amended complaint against defendant, County of Cook (Cook County). Cook County terminated Dr. Lucas from the Cook County department of public health (CCDPH)1 after she refused to treat male patients or to attend training to treat male patients that had sexually transmitted diseases...

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