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GIBSON v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 88-3488, 89-1115.

910 F.2d 1510 (1990)

Michael Eugene GIBSON, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Eugene Gibson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation; Arthur Novit, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a former Chicago Police Officer; James O'Grady, Individually and in his Official Capacity as the Former Acting Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department; J. Marowally, Star # 4881, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Chicago Police Officer; and Dennis Gray, Star # 13605, Individually and in his Official Capacity as a Chicago Police Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Radakovich, Daniel T. Coyne, Alan M. Freedman, Bruce H. Bornstein, Freedman & Bornstein, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

James P. McCarthy, Corp. Counsel, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Allan A. Ackerman, Judson H. Miner, Ruth M. Moscovitch, Nina Puglia, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Terence J. Moran, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Michael Eugene Gibson, on behalf of the decedent, Eugene Gibson, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Chicago and several members of the Chicago Police Department. The decedent was shot and killed by Officer Arthur Novit shortly after Novit had been placed on the Department's medical roll as mentally unfit for duty. Mr. Gibson appeals a grant of summary judgment...

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