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· 11/10/1986

Pratt v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Citations

  • 500 N.E.2d 1001
  • 149 Ill. App. 3d 588
  • 102 Ill. Dec. 900
  • 1 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1201
  • 1986 Ill. App. LEXIS 3084

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  • concluding that plaintiffs claiming retaliatory discharge pursuant to Illinois law must allege state public policy violation
  • finding that FCPA did not implicate a sufficient Ohio policy interest to support an Ohio retaliatory discharge claim
  • finding that Plaintiff could not state retaliatory discharge claim based on federal laws that “cannot be said to enunciate a clearly mandated public policy of this State”
  • mere act of terminating employment of an at wiU employee is insufficient to constitute extreme and outrageous conduct
  • “To hold otherwise would be to create perverse incentives by inviting concerned employees to bypass internal channels altogether and immediately summon the police”

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