Legal Opinion
Michalowicz v. Village of Bedford Park
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 11, 2008No. 06-3857PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
For 28 years Ronald Michalowicz was a firefighter and fire inspector for the Village of Bedford Park, Illinois. In 2003 he was diagnosed with an often fatal form of tongue cancer. With the permission of Bedford Park’s mayor, some of Michalow-icz’s coworkers began soliciting donations from local businesses to help cover the cost of his treatment. Shortly after successfully completing treatment and returning to work, Michalowicz was fired for accepting donations from businesses subject to fire inspection and allegedly failing to adequately inspect their properties.
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