Halleck v. County of Cook

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• court rejected plaintiff's attempt to characterize claim for retaliatory discharge as \contractual\ in nature in order to claim benefit of longer period of limitations
• court rejected plaintiff's attempt to characterize claim for retaliatory discharge as \contractual\ in nature in order to claim benefit of longer period of limitations
• equitable estoppel will be applied against municipal bodies if it is necessary to prevent fraud and injustice
• “[t]o invoke equitable estoppel against a [public body] there must be an affirmative act on the part of the [public body] and the inducement of substantial reliance by the affirmative act”
• \[t]o invoke equitable estoppel against a *** [public body] there must be an affirmative act on the party of the *** [public body] and the inducement of substantial reliance by the affirmative act\
• “Retaliatory discharge claims have consistently been recognized as torts.”

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