Frick v. University Hospitals of Cleveland

Dyke, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff, Deborah H. Frick, appeals from the judgment of the trial court that awarded summary judgment to the defendant, University Hospitals of Cleveland. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

On June 5, 1996, plaintiff filed this action against University Hospitals of Cleveland (“hospital”), alleging that she was wrongfully discharged from her employment due to an illness-related absence. Plaintiff alleged that the termi nation was contrary to public policy because during the time of her absence, she was “in a contagious state, thereby posing a serious health…