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BECKMAN v. FREEMAN UN. COAL MINING CO.

No. 64709.

123 Ill.2d 281 (1988)

527 N.E.2d 303

JAMES T. BECKMAN, Appellee, v. FREEMAN UNITED COAL MINING COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed July 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, of Peoria (Murvel Pretorius, Jr., and Rebecca S. Riddell, of counsel), and Gould & Ratner, of Chicago (Richard E. Elledge and Kathryn S. Mueller, of counsel), for appellant.

Steven W. Berg, of Springfield, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed; remanded.

JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, James T. Beckman, filed this action in the circuit court of Macoupin County against defendant, Freeman United Coal Mining Company, to recover damages for a discharge allegedly in retaliation for the exercise of his rights under the Workers' Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48,...

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