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HEARON v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 85-1101, 85-1173 cons.

157 Ill. App.3d 633 (1987)

510 N.E.2d 1192

LORENDA HEARON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellees. — LORENDA HEARON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE COUNTY OF COOK et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed June 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Susan Condon, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellants County of Cook and Eupil Choi.

Robert L. Caplan, of Law Offices of Arthur S. Gomberg, P.C., of Hinsdale (Sheldon S. Gomberg, of counsel), for Lorenda Hearon.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Henry A. Hauser, Joan S. Cherry, and Susan Condon, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee Robert Stein.

Judson H. Miner, Acting Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Mary K. Rochford and Maureen Jeannette Kelly, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for other appellees.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

This action arises out of the death and disposition of the body of Kenneth Hearon, the husband of the plaintiff, Lorenda Hearon.

On May 12, 1979, Kenneth Hearon was stabbed in the chest with a knife and later found by Chicago police officers, who took him to the emergency room of St. Joseph's Hospital. He was pronounced dead upon arrival. The police officers...

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