Hicks v. Forest Pres. Dist. of Cook Cty., No. 11-1124 (7th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseHicks worked as a mechanic for the Forest Preserve District for two years and received 28 disciplinary action forms from his supervisor. Hicks, who is black, participated in an investigation of his supervisor for discrimination, and later filed his own discrimination complaint. Eventually the FPD offered Hicks a choice: either accept a demotion to a non-mechanic position and take a significant pay cut, or face further disciplinary action up to and including termination. On advice of his union, Hicks took the demotion, but then brought suit for retaliation. He was awarded $30,000 and reinstated to his former position as a mechanic. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, rejecting challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence and to a jury instruction on retaliation.
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