Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Whistleblower Act
Jury verdict found long-term care facility liable under Whistleblower Act for retaliating against R.N., its former employee, based on her refusal to follow her supervisor's instructions to falsify residents' medication administration records. Court's award of attorney's fees to Plaintiff was within its discretion and not contrary to manifest weight of evidence. Evidentiary hearings are not required, as a matter of course, on fee petitions, but only where other party's response raises issue of fact that cannot be resolved without hearing further evidence. (PUCINSKI and HYMAN, concurring.)