Toombs v. City of Champaign

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Jack B. Toombs, the former director of operations for the Champaign Department of Public Works (Department), sued defendant, the City of Champaign (City), for wrongful discharge. His complaint alleged that an employee manual granted him a right, pursuant to Duldulao v. St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center (1987), 115 Ill. 2d 482, 505 N.E.2d 314, to be fired only for certain specified reasons, and that the City did not fire him for any of those reasons. Defendant filed motions to dismiss under sections 2 — 615 and 2 — 619…