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COOK COUNTY RECORD

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Home Depot accused of wrongful termination

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CHICAGO — A man is suing the Home Depot for allegedly violating the Family and Medical Leave Act and for alleged wrongful termination.

Robert Caprel filed a complaint on Aug. 3 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging the defendant terminated his employment after he returned from a medical leave that he allegedly was granted in order to undergo a thyroid cancer procedure.

The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks actual damages of not less than $100,000, back pay, compensatory damages, punitive damages, court costs and any further relief this court grants. He is represented by John P. Carlin of Suburban Legal Group PC in Schaumburg.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois case number 1:17-cv-05673

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