Emery v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation

              No. 1-05-3584
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SIXTH DIVISION
November 30, 2007
No. 1-05-3584
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IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
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ELLEN K. EMERY, ) Appeal from the
) Circuit Court of
Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County, Illinois,
) County Department,
v. ) Law Division.
)
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL ) No. 04 L 009371
COMMUTER RAILROAD CORPORATION )
d/b/a METRA/Metropolitan Rail, and ) Honorable
MICHAEL NOLAND, THERESA BARNETT, ) Stuart A. Nudelman,
SUE-ANN ROSEN, RICHARD CAPRA, and ) Judge Presiding.
CONSTANCE VALKAN, individually named )
and in their official capacities, )
)
Defendants-Appellants. )
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JUSTICE JOSEPH GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, Ellen K. Emery, filed a six-count complaint against six defendants, (1) her former
employer, Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, d/b/a/ Metra, and (2) five
attorneys employed by Metra: General Counsel Michael Noland, Associate General Counsel
Theresa Barnett, and senior attorneys Sue-Ann Rosen, Richard Capra, and Constance Valkan.
Plaintiff sought relief under the common-law torts of retaliatory discharge and demotion (count