United States Seventh Circuit

Where employee violated company's absentee policy because the doctor's note explaining her absences did not conclusively state that employee was unable to work, her discharge was not in retaliation for exercising rights under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/25/2001
• Decided 04/26/2001
• Published 04/26/2001

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald R. Brandon (argued), Herrin, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Stephen Poor, Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago, IL, Terry L. Potter (argued), Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellee.