Carrillo v. Hamling

Plaintiff, Valerie Carrillo, appeals the trial court’s order dismissing her complaint against defendant, Leo Hamling, the trial court having found that defendant was on duty as a police officer at the time he allegedly inflicted injuries upon plaintiff, a fellow police officer. Thus, the trial court ruled that defendant was immune from plaintiff’s common-law tort claim pursuant to the exclusivity provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 138.5(a)). On appeal, plaintiff contends that the trial court’s ruling in this regard is erroneous as a matter of…