In this employment case, the plaintiff filed claims of retaliation in the workplace.<\/p>\n
This is an interesting case and serves as a tool to show that when filing a complaint through the Human Rights Commission, the wording and content of the complaint are very important. The case is Blount v. Stroud et al. 904 N.E.2d 1 (2009) 232 Ill. 2d 302 No. 10557, appealed to the Supreme Court of Illinois.<\/p>\n
In this instance, the plaintiff, Jerri Blount, appealed a judgment by a lower court reversing a multimillion dollar jury award relating to her federal and state retaliation claims against the defendants Stroud and Jovon Broadcasting. The core issue was whether or not Blount\u2019s only source of redress was via the administrative procedures laid out in the Illinois Human Rights Act (775 ILCS 5\/1-101 (West 2000)).<\/p>\n
In 2001, the plaintiff filed several complaints against the defendants. At issue in the Illinois Supreme Court were counts (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this employment case, the plaintiff filed claims of retaliation in the workplace. This is an interesting case and serves as a tool to show that when filing a complaint through the Human Rights Commission, the wording and content of…<\/span><\/p>\n