Howard v. County of Cook

Plaintiff, Carrie Howard, filed a petition for writ of mandamus against defendants, the County of Cook, its agents Terrance M. Hansen and Alvin T. Holley, and the board of commissioners of Cook County. The petition alleged that defendants wrongfully discharged plaintiff without the notice and hearing required under section 61.30 of “An Act to revise the law in relation to counties” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 34, par. 1118). The trial court denied plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and for summary judgment, and granted defendants’ cross-motion for summary judgment.

In September…