Legal Opinion
Meerbrey v. Marshall Field & Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 30, 1990No. 69652PublishedCited by 299 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ward
The plaintiff, Kenneth Meerbrey, brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendants, Marshall Field & Company (Marshall Field) and its agent, Tim Marcolini, seeking injunctive relief and monetary damages for false imprisonment, false arrest, and malicious prosecution. The trial court dismissed Marshall Field from counts II through V of the plaintiffs complaint, on the ground that the exclusivity provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 138.5(a)) barred the plaintiff’s common law cause of action. The trial court also dismissed…
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