Ausman v. Arthur Andersen, LLP Nunc pro tunc April 13, 2004

SECOND DIVISION

May 18, 2004

( Nunc pro tunc April 13, 2004)

No. 1-02-3755

SUSAN W. AUSMAN,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

ARTHUR ANDERSEN, LLP,

Defendant-Appellee.)))))))))

Appeal from the

Circuit Court of

Cook County.

Honorable

James F. Henry,

Judge Presiding.

Plaintiff Susan Ausman, an attorney, appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing her retaliatory discharge action against defendant Arthur Andersen, LLP for failure to state a claim. On appeal, plaintiff contends that our supreme court's decision in Balla v. Gambro, Inc. , 145 Ill. 2d 492, 584 N.E.2d 104 (1991), did not bar her cause of action.…