Legal Opinion
Viera Prochotsky, Cross-Appellee v. Baker & McKenzie Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 1992No. 91-1359, 91-1388PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
Viera Prochotsky worked for six years as a filing clerk in the library of Baker & McKenzie (“Baker”), a law firm in Chicago. She was fired in November 1985 when she returned two weeks late from a vacation trip to Czechoslovakia. She claims her tardy return to work was necessitated by medical consultation regarding an eye ailment.
On November 6, 1987, Prochotsky filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, challenging her termination. Prochotsky claimed that her discharge was motivated by a desire to deprive her of medical insurance and other employee benefits in violation…
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