Motsch v. Pine Roofing Co.

Plaintiffs Bernard A. Motsch (plaintiff) and Tracy Motsch (Tracy) filed a complaint against their former employers, Martin J. Pine and Pine Roofing Company, Inc. (defendants), alleging retaliatory discharge and retaliatory refusal to recall. Under count I of their complaint, plaintiff and Tracy claimed that defendants discharged them in retaliation for plaintiff having filed a claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.). Count II further charged that defendants refused to recall plaintiff and Tracy to active service for the same reason.…