United States Seventh Circuit

Under Illinois law, firing an at-will employee for reporting Medicare fraud by other employees violates public policy, even if there is no specific Illinois law prohibiting the reported conduct.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/18/2001
• Decided 01/18/2002
• Published 01/18/2002

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before WOOD, JR., DIANE P. WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John D. Lynn (argued), Denner & Lynn, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carl W. Lee (argued), Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.