On March 31, 2023, Judge Sue Myerscough granted summary judgment to Vermilion County and various County employees on an inmate’s claim that he failed to receive proper medical care for a broken arm and for his diabetes. In granting summary judgment, the court observed that the inmate initially did not even want to start taking…
Read MoreOn April 5, 2023, a federal jury in Peoria found in favor of a Kankakee County correctional officer and against an inmate who claimed that the officer had used excessive force while breaking up a fight in the inmate’s tier. At trial, HC&B attorneys established that the inmate himself had intervened in a fight between…
Read MoreOn March 30, 2023, Judge Colin Bruce denied a plaintiff’s motion to reconsider his decision to grant summary judgment in favor of two officers who were working at the time for the Vermilion County Metropolitan Enforcement Group (VMEG). In that case, a man had walked up to a residence in the middle of the day…
Read MoreOn March 27, 2023, Judge Sue Myerscough granted summary judgment on a Kankakee County inmate’s claim that the conditions of his confinement did not meet constitutional standards. Previously, the court had granted summary judgment on most of the inmate’s varied claims but had sought additional briefing on one claim raised by the inmate—that he had…
Read MoreJerome Combs Detention Center’s Chief of Corrections, Chad Kolitwenzew, was sued for a federal conditions of confinement claim in which the plaintiff claimed that the facility was insufficient because it lacked outdoor recreation time and windows, supplies of soap and toilet paper would exhaust, and he contracted COVID-19 because of purportedly insufficient protocols. Chief Kolitwenzew…
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