The “suspicious timing” of an employee’s termination 48 days after she filed a workers’ compensation claim is not “in and of itself” sufficient to preclude a summary judgment for the employer, an appellate court in Illinois has held. It has affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a claim for retaliatory discharge brought by the former employee. Debra Pickett, who was thought of as an excellent employee by the Children’s Home and Aid Society in Chicago, was injured on May 6, 2010 when she slipped and fell during the course of her employment. She was out of work for several weeks because of pain and an inability to use her left arm. The employer had difficulty obtaining the necessary medical...