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BRIGGS v. LAWRENCEVILLE INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 5-83-0699.

136 Ill. App.3d 1073 (1985)

484 N.E.2d 347

ETTA BRIGGS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. LAWRENCEVILLE INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Schmieder, of Wagner, Bertrand, Bauman & Schmieder, of Belleville, for appellants.

Leahy & Leahy, of Springfield (Andrew J. Leahy and Mary Lee Leahy, of counsel), for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs Etta Briggs and Ruth Harrington commenced this action pursuant to section 17 of article 1 of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. 1, sec. 17), alleging that their former employer, Lawrenceville Industries, had discriminated against them on the basis of sex. After a jury trial in the circuit court of Jasper County, the trial court granted defendants' motion for...

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