Schlobohm v. Rice

Plaintiff’s appeal from the circuit court’s affirmance upon administrative review of the Chicago police board’s (board’s) termination of his employment asserts that the decision was against the manifest weight of the evidence and that he was improperly charged.

Plaintiff, a 16-year veteran of the Chicago police department (department), was directed by the department to submit to a drug screening test on December 8, 1983. He reported to Medical Section Lt. Arthur Wirkus at sometime after 4 p.m. that day and requested that he be allowed to provide two urine samples, one of which would be tested…