7th Circuit: Illinois Human Rights Act Preempts Employee’s Emotional Distress Claim

Mealey's (September 7, 2017, 11:02 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 28 upheld a trial court’s summary judgment ruling for an employer on an employee’s Illinois state law claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress, finding it preempted (Mary R. Richards v. U.S. Steel, No. 16-2436, 7th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 16369)....