Hermesdorf v. WU

State: Illinois

Court: 2nd District Appellate

Docket No: 2-05-0877 Rel

Case Date: 03/21/2007

Preview:No. 2--05--0877

Filed 3-21-07

______________________________________________________________________________ IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS SECOND DISTRICT ______________________________________________________________________________ TIMOTHY HERMESDORF, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court ) of Du Page County. Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. 05--MR--242 ) JOHN H. WU, as Chief of the Naperville ) Fire Department; THE CITY OF ) NAPERVILLE; THE BOARD OF POLICE ) AND FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF ) THE CITY OF NAPERVILLE; THE CITY ) OF NAPERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT; ) SUSAN M. WEHRLI; RAYMOND E. ) JONES; TRACY K. McLAUGHLIN; ) DAVID L. RECHENMACHER; and ) DONALD E. PERRY, ) Honorable ) Edward R. Duncan, Jr., Defendants-Appellees. ) Judge, Presiding. ______________________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court: In this administrative review proceeding, plaintiff, Timothy Hermesdorf, appeals the trial court's judgment affirming the decision of defendant, the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners of the City of Naperville (the Board), which discharged plaintiff for cause from his position as a firefighter and paramedic with defendants, the City of Naperville (the City) and the City of Naperville Fire Department (the Department). On appeal, plaintiff contends: (1) the Board acted arbitrarily and unreasonably when it discharged him, given his 17 years of service without prior

No. 2--05--0877 disciplinary action and given his psychiatric condition; (2) the Board violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the ADA) (42 U.S.C.

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