Witkowski v. St. Anne's Hospital of Chicago, Inc.

The plaintiff, Mary Anne Witkowski, was employed by the defendant, St. Anne’s Hospital of Chicago, until she was discharged from her position as the hospital’s chief physical therapist in 1976. Following her discharge, the plaintiff filed her three count complaint in the circuit court of Cook County, alleging that she had been wrongfully discharged from her employment by the defendant and was entitled to relief under both contract and retaliatory discharge causes of action; that the defendant had improperly withheld accumulated vacation pay to which she was entitled and that the defendant…