Somerville v. City of Chicago

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Plaintiff Monica Somerville, an African-American woman, was employed as Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel, Torts Division, with defendant City of Chicago Corporation Counsel’s Office (“the City”) from June 1, 2000 until her termination on November 15, 2001. Ms. Somerville alleges that defendant Melvin Brooks, at the time Deputy Corporation Counsel and her supervisor, engaged in a series of sexually and racially harassing acts beginning in January 2001. Ms. Somerville also alleges that she was terminated in retaliation for reporting those…