The Honorable Iain D. Johnston in the Northern District of Illinois granted summary judgment in favor of ten corrections officers, the Chief of Corrections, the Corrections Lieutenant, County Sheriff Roger Scott, and the County of DeKalb in Eric Bernard v. Roger Scott, et al., Case No. 15-cv-50277 (November 20, 2020). Plaintiff, Eric Bernard, a former…
Read MoreThe Honorable James R. Murphy in Kane County Illinois granted summary judgment on a resident’s negligence claim against the City of Geneva in Robert Ingold v. City of Geneva, et al., Kane Co. Case No. 2018 L 591. Plaintiff, a city resident, tripped and fell over a water-shut-off valve in a parkway outside a bakery…
Read MoreHCB was disappointed to hear that Sarah Cole retired from NEMERT, and we would no longer be receiving Local Police News. We reached out to Sarah, and with NEMERT’s blessing, she has agreed to team up with us to continue producing Local Police News for our and NEMERT’s subscribers. We are excited to announce our…
Read MoreAfter a weeklong trial, a federal jury found that former Rock Island County Sheriff Jeffery Boyd did not act within the scope of his employment when he harassed, threatened, and stalked a woman he was romantically interested in. In 2014, Boyd pled guilty to attempted official misconduct and resigned in disgrace after a state police…
Read MoreTo the average citizen, being “terminated” from your job is a euphemism for being fired. If you resigned, you were not terminated. The law largely agrees. There is a narrow exception for working conditions that are so intolerable they amount to “constructive termination.” But a recent decision from the Central District of Illinois reiterates that…
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