Wenig v. Lockheed Environmental Systems & Technologies Co.

State: Illinois

Court: 1st District Appellate

Docket No: 1-98-4674

Case Date: 03/03/2000

Wenig v. Lockheed Environmental Systems and Technologies Co., Nos. 1-98-4674 & 1-99-0198; Cons.

1st District, March 3, 2000

SIXTH DIVISION

ROBERT WENIG,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

LOCKHEED ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY, a foreign corporation, LOCKHEED MARTIN ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, a foreign corporation, and LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, a foreign corporation,

Defendants-Appellants.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County

Honorable Lee Preston, Judge Presiding

JUSTICE O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff appeals the circuit court's dismissal of his second and third amended complaints, which alleged defendants unlawfully discharged him in retaliation for "blowing the whistle" on their violations of the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (42 U.S.C.