Articles From Shari R. Rhode

Disability coverage under the Illinois Human Rights Act is different from the ADA By Shari R. Rhode Labor and Employment Law, February 2018 The difference of the definition of an individual under the IHRA is a fertile area for litigation from both the plaintiff’s and defendant’s perspective.
Common law retaliatory discharge By Shari R. Rhode Labor and Employment Law, June 2015 A summary of Flick v. Southern Illinois Healthcare, NFP.
Hitchcock v. Angel Corps, Inc.—Pretext case By Cassie Korando & Shari R. Rhode Labor and Employment Law, July 2013 The Court held that based on Hitchcock’s evidence, a reasonable juror could determine that the reasons given for her termination was pre-textual.
Is an adverse action necessary to state a retaliation claim? By Shari R. Rhode Federal Civil Practice, May 2004 Burwell v. Pekin High School (Central District, Case No. 00-2 111), now on appeal to the 7th Circuit, is a Title IX sexual harassment and retaliation case brought by a senior at Pekin High School.
What is necessary to establish that an individual has a disability? By Shari R. Rhode Federal Civil Practice, May 2004 In Poor v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. (Central District, Case No, 00-2321), the court issued a decision on a motion for summary judgment in a case under the Americans with Disabilities Act that provides an excellent text for anyone practicing or wishing to practice in the area of disability discrimination.
Chairman’s column By Shari R. Rhode Federal Civil Practice, March 2004 The decisions of the courts, especially in the employment area, have been many. So many in fact that a single issue of the newsletter could not be large enough to bring them to you.
Recent decisions of interest in the Central and Southern Districts By Shari R. Rhode Federal Civil Practice, April 2002 In Caraker and Caraker v. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Coro & Sandoz (96-CV-4113), Judge Gilbert issued an opinion granting defendants' motion to exclude the plaintiff's expert causation testimony after a two-day Daubert hearing.

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