After a three-day trial before the Hon. Eric Long in Urbana, Illinois, a federal jury took less than 90 minutes to reject the plaintiff’s federal civil rights claims against four correctional officers. The suit arose from an incident in December 2017 when the Plaintiff was a detainee at the Rock Island County Jail. He…
Read MoreThe Illinois Supreme Court rarely issues opinions on local governmental immunities. When it does, it usually represents a significant development in the law. That was the case recently when the Court handed down Schultz v. St. Clair County, 2022 IL 1180973, and Robinson v. Village of Sauk Village, 2022 IL 127236. In Schultz, a 911…
Read MoreLast 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…
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