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· 5/23/1986

Zaniecki v. P. A. Bergner & Co.

Citations

  • 493 N.E.2d 419
  • 143 Ill. App. 3d 668
  • 1 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1476
  • 97 Ill. Dec. 756
  • 1986 Ill. App. LEXIS 2241

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  • holding that employee fired for reporting criminal activity to employer did not state claim for retaliatory discharge
  • holding that employee fired for reporting criminal activity to employer did not state claim for retaliatory discharge
  • reporting suspected illegal activity to a supervisor is a purely private action
  • noting the “[Illinois] Supreme Court has shown little willingness to find violations 18 of public policy where the discharge arises out of a purely private relationship,” such as an 19 “internal employment dispute”
  • court held plaintiff’s discharge involved a purely private dispute rather than public policy, where plaintiff alleged that he was terminated after reporting the store’s manager was taking scrap wood from shipping containers for personal use

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