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Court to Hear Fired Reservist's Appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The U.S. Supreme Court plans to take a look at the case of a central Illinois man who claims he lost his job over his service in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Vincent Staub worked as a lab technician at Proctor Hospital in Peoria. He won more than $57,000 in damages after a jury found he was fired because of his military service, only to have a federal appeals court throw out the judgment. The justices Monday said they'll consider reinstating the award.

Staub was called to active duty in 2003. He was fired in 2004 after roughly 15 years at the hospital.

Staub claims his supervisor was out to get him. But a more senior executive, not the supervisor, fired him.

The federal appeals court in Chicago says there's no evidence the decision-maker shared the supervisor's anti-military bias. It threw out the verdict.

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