Hermesdorf v. WU

              No. 2--05--0877 Filed 3-21-07
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IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
SECOND DISTRICT
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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.
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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