Last month, a federal court granted summary judgment to all defendants in an alleged wrongful conviction case. The plaintiff was arrested for murder in 2010 and convicted by a jury in 2014, but got his conviction overturned on appeal in 2017, and was acquitted at retrial in 2019. He then sued four police officers involved…
Read MoreMedical practice is difficult and uncertain under the best of circumstances, let alone in the midst of a global pandemic. Patient complaints are inevitable. But a disgruntled patient, does not equate to defective medical care. Federal District Judge Sara Darrow made this point well in a recent decision, in which she granted summary judgment in…
Read MoreThe current environment is anything but favorable to police officers, especially in fatal officer-involved shootings. Despite this challenge, HCB attorneys recently prevailed in a federal civil jury trial on behalf of a police officer, arising out of a fatal, on-duty shooting. The trial lasted one week and took place in Rockford, Illinois, before the Honorable…
Read MoreSome people just won’t take “no” for an answer. Robert Green is such a person. Green was a coach and PE teacher for the Aurora East Unified School District No. 131 for several decades before he was fired for laying hands on his students. He had sued the School District in 2007 and again in…
Read MorePlaintiff Richard Brooks, a City of Kankakee police officer, sued his employer for alleged employment discrimination. Brooks claimed that the City’s failure to promote him to sergeant and several instances of on-the-job discipline were unlawful retaliation for his past complaints about alleged racial bias within the police department. The City won summary judgment on all…
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