Supreme Court of Illinois

In a matter arising from allegations that defendant terminated plaintiff's employment in retaliation for her filing of a workers' compensation claim, denial of defendant's motion to dismiss and compel arbitration, or to stay the proceedings and compel arbitration, is reversed where the "Dispute Resolution Program" is an enforceable agreement between plaintiff and defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/23/2006
• Published 03/23/2006

Judges

• Justice FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph J. Torres, Megan Glunz Horton, Andrew Malahowski, of Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Chicago, for appellant., Adam C. Wit, of Littler Mendelson, P.C., Chicago, for amicus curiae Ralph's Grocery Company., Aaron B. Maduff, Deanne S. Medina, of Maduff, Medina & Maduff, Chicago, Thomas W. Osborne, Washington, D.C., Cliff Palefsky, Keith Ehrman, of McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky, Marissa M. Tirona, all of San Francisco, California, for amici curiae National Employment Lawyers Association et al., Bruce R. Pfaff, of Pfaff & Gill, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association., David S. Schwartz, Madison, Wisconsin, amicus curiae pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gary L. Bement, of Bement & Stubblefield, P.C., Belleville, and John Vail, of Washington, D.C., for appellee.