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Causation
By: Derek Hawkins//August 29, 2016//
Listen to this article7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Robin P. Hillmann v. City of Chicago
Case No.: 14-3438; 14-3494
Officials: FLAUM, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Causation
Hillmann lacked evidence to prove elements of causation as to all his claims.
“These findings are well supported by the record. The judge noted that Hillmann produced no evidence from which to infer that any of the merit-pay denials were retaliatory or that the City’s reasons for including his position in the RIF were pretextual. The RIF was necessitated by a budget shortfall and entailed 300–400 jobs. Hillmann was not singled out; all timekeeping positions in the Bureau of Electricity were included on the RIF list. The evidence established that no one was performing these functions anyway, and the implementation of the Kronos computerized payroll system made these positions obsolete. The judge’s decision easily survives clear-error review.”
Reversed and Remanded in part
Affirmed in part
Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.
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