Legal Opinion
Lake Point Tower, Ltd. v. Illinois Human Rights Com'n
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 28, 1997No. 1-96-3008PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE WOLFSON
delivered the opinion of the court:
The Illinois Human Rights Act provides that adverse employment actions cannot be taken against any person due to his or her physical handicap if the handicap is unrelated to the person’s ability to perform job duties. In this case, Dorothy Johnson suffered from a form of cancer. Her employer, Lake Point Tower, Ltd., knew it. She was fired.
We must answer two questions: First, is cancer a physical handicap within the meaning of the Illinois Human Rights Act (Act) (775 ILCS 5/1—101 et seq. (West 1992))? Second, if it is, did Lake Point…
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- Raintree Health Care Center v. Illinois Human Rights CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
- Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Human Rights CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
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