Corpuz v. BD. OF TR. OF UNIV. OF ILLINOIS

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Cecilia Corpuz, appeals from an order of the circuit court affirming the decision of the University of Illinois Civil Service Merit Board (Merit Board or Board) to dismiss her as business manager of the obstetrics and gynecology department of the University of Illinois (University). Corpuz alleges that the Merit Board’s findings were against the manifest weight of the evidence; that in any case just cause for discharge did not exist; and that the Board’s procedures violated her right to due process.

The investigation…