The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an injured worker’s claim of retaliatory discharge as having been untimely filed, twice-over.
Case: Newell v. Veracruz, No. 17-1617, 08/18/2017, unpublished.
Facts: Chiquita Newell began working for Alden Village, a medical center serving special-needs patients, in 2003.
She filed a workers’ compensation claim asserting she had injured her right wrist while lifting a patient in April 2010.
In January 2012, Newell alleged that her supervisor told her she should not come to work any longer.
Procedural history: In January 2017, ...
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