BYĀ ALAN SCHER ZAGIER
A civil lawsuit alleging ethics violations nearly a decade ago has become an issue in a Democratic congresswoman’s bid to unseat first-term Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk in what is expected to be one of the most competitive 2016 Senate races.
The complaint alleging workplace retaliation was filed in 2008 by two employees of a southern Illinois veterans’ home against Tammy Duckworth, a Chicago area congresswoman who then led the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, and Patricia Simms, the home’s acting administrator in 2006 and 2007.
A federal judge dismissed the suit as a “garden variety workplace case.” It was refiled in stateĀ court and dismissed again, but then narrowed and brought back a third time. A routine status
hearing was held Tuesday, with a trial date tentatively set for next April, a month after the Senate primaries.
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