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SHERROD v. BERRY

No. 80 C 4117.

629 F.Supp. 159 (1985)

Lucien SHERROD, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Ronald Sherrod, deceased, Plaintiff, v. Willie BERRY, Frederick Breen and the City of Joliet, a municipal corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

November 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Horwitz & Assoc., Chicago, Ill., Douglas Rallo, Lake Forest, Ill., for plaintiff.

A—William W. Kurnik, William C. Barasha, Kurnik & Cipolla, Arlington Heights, Ill., for defendants.

Memorandum

LEIGHTON, District Judge.

This civil rights suit was brought by a father to recover for the death of his son who was shot and killed by a City of Joliet police officer. A jury returned verdicts and defendants have filed post-trial motions. One of the issues raised is whether this court erred in admitting evidence which allowed the jury to consider "the hedonic value of a human life" when it decided the damages to be awarded plaintiff for the wrongful...

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