Attorney Asks Court to Rehear Retaliatory Discharge Case

An appellate court's recent decision blatantly ignored a workers' compensation statute that provides the basis for retaliatory discharge actions, according to a Chicago-based petitioners' attorney. The attorney representing plaintiffs Fred Grabs and Rudolph Francek has filed a petition for rehearing with the 1st  District Appellate Court of Illinois in the case of Grabs v. Safeway Inc., No. 1-08-2727, 6/19/09. In June, the appellate court held that an employer may not solely rely on the opinion of an independent medical examiner (IME) when faced with conflicting opinions about...