Legal Opinion
Finnerty v. Personnel Board
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 1, 1999No. 1-97-4155PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gallagher
Plaintiff, Peter Finnerty, appeals from a circuit court judgment affirming an administrative decision by the Personnel Board (the Board) of the City of Chicago (the City) to discharge plaintiff for his violation of the City’s personnel rules. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court.
In 1987, plaintiff, who was employed by the City of Chicago as a motor truck driver in the Department of General Services, apparently suffered a duty-related back injury that rendered him unable to work. The record contains little to shed light on the circumstances of the injury, but…
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