Starkey v. Civil Service Commission

Plaintiff, Josie Starkey, an unemployment insurance claims supervisor for the Illinois Department of Labor (Department), was discharged on July 6, 1979, for allegedly “establishing” a fraudulent claim for her mother, Lillie McCoy. Following a hearing, the Civil Service Commission’s hearing officer recommended that respondent be retained. •That recommendation was rejected by the Commission, which found that the charges against respondent had been proved. Pursuant to a complaint for administrative review (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110, par. 267), the circuit court of Cook County affirmed the…