ALLEN v. CITY OF OTTAWA

No. 78-463.

80 Ill. App.3d 1032 (1980)

400 N.E.2d 629

OTIS E. ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF OTTAWA et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed January 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Diedrich, Jerome C. Shapiro, and Peter Taubenheim, all of De Kalb, for appellant.

Robert W. Hansen and T. Donald Henson, both of Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson and Duncan, P.C., of La Salle, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE ALLOY delivered the opinion of the court:

Otis Allen, plaintiff in the instant case, appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants following a jury verdict for defendants, City of Ottawa and three officers of the Ottawa Police Department.

The action results from a situation developed during the incarceration of plaintiff Otis Allen at the Ottawa police station lockup, at which time Allen suffered a broken leg. By reason...

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