Turner v. Memorial Medical Center

Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Thomas, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

Plaintiff, Mark Turner, brought a retaliatory discharge action in the circuit court of Sangamon County against defendant, Memorial Medical Center (Memorial). The circuit court dismissed plaintiff’s first-amended complaint pursuant to section 2 — 615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 2006)). A divided panel of the appellate court upheld the dismissal. No. 4 — 07—0934 (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23). We allowed plaintiffs…