McDONNELL v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 80-1228.

102 Ill. App.3d 578 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 169

MICHAEL McDONNELL et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Rehearing denied January 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Kendall Griffith and Joseph J. O'Connell, both of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, and Stanley Garber, Corporation Counsel, both of Chicago (Robert R. Retke and Maureen J. Kelly, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellants.

Morris W. Ellis, of Chicago, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McGLOON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Michael McDonnell filed an action for damages for injuries sustained in an altercation with defendant Fred McKinley, a police officer employed by defendant city of Chicago and as a security guard for defendant McCormick Inn Corporation. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff and against all defendants and awarded plaintiff $225,000 in damages. Defendants appeal.

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