Russ v. Pension Consultants Co.

JUSTICE EGAN *

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Steven B. Russ, appeals from orders of the circuit court of Cook County granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss the first amended complaint with prejudice and denying the plaintiff leave to file a second amended complaint on the ground that neither stated a cause of action for retaliatory discharge of an at-will employee.

In his first amended complaint the plaintiff alleged that he was an expert in the composition, structuring and interpretation of pension and employee benefit plans and he was hired on or about June 12, 1984,…