Crittenden v. The Cook County Comm'n on Human Rights

ILLINOIS OFFICIAL REPORTS Supreme Court Crittenden v. Cook County Comm’n on Human Rights,

2013 IL 114876

Caption in Supreme JIMMY CRITTENDEN et al., Appellees, v. THE COOK COUNTY Court: COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS et al., Appellants. Docket Nos. 114876, 114911 cons. Filed June 20, 2013 Held Punitive damages are not favored in the law, and where a home rule (Note: This syllabus county’s human rights ordinance did not provide for them, its human constitutes no part of rights commission had no legislative authority to award them, had no the opinion of the court common law power to do so, and should…