Jones v. Department of Human Rights

On January 16, 1986, the Illinois Department of Human Rights filed a complaint on behalf of Colleen Jones, alleging a civil rights violation on the part of her former employer, respondent, Johnson Outboards. The complaint was dismissed with prejudice for want of prosecution by a three-member panel of the Illinois Human Rights Commission on September 29, 1986, pursuant to the recommendation of an administrative law judge. On appeal, Willie Jones, the administrator of claimant’s estate, asserts that the Commission erred by denying his petition to reinstate the complaint and vacate its dismissal…