FITTANTO v. CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER

No. 91 C 6934.

836 F.Supp. 1406 (1993)

John FITTANTO and Teresa Fittanto, individually and as parents of Sara Fittanto, a minor child, and Teresa Fittanto, as mother and next friend of Marie Lodge, a minor, Plaintiffs, v. CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, et al., Defendants.

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

September 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Montgomery, Jean M. Templeton, James D. Montgomery & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs.

Vincent C. Cipolla, William W. Kurnik, Kurnik, Cipolla, Stephenson & Barasha, Arlington Heights, IL, for defendant Pamela Klein.

Charles L. Lowder, Mary Kay Scott, Robert P. Vogt, Bullaro, Carton & Stone, Chicago, IL, for defendants Children's Advocacy Center and Tp. of Hanover.

Timothy Harold Okal, John D. Spina, Anthony F. Spina, James T. McGuire, Spina, McGuire & Okal, Elmwood Park, IL, Charles L. Lowder, Mary Kay Scott, Robert P. Vogt, Bullaro, Carton & Stone, Chicago, IL, for defendant Hanover Tp. Mental Health Bd.

Keri-Lyn Joy Krafthefer, Michael Ray Gibson, Cynthia Ann Freburg, Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., Evergreen Park, IL, Charles E. Hervas, James Gus Sotos, Michael William Condon, Michael D. Bersani, Hervas, Sotos & Condon, Itasca, IL, for defendants Village of Hanover Park and Jorge L. Martinez.

Mary Patricia Needham, Illinois Atty. Gen.'s Office, Chicago, IL, for defendant Al Ragland.

Marita Clare Sullivan, Mary Patricia Needham, Illinois Atty. Gen.'s Office, Chicago, IL, for defendant Eunice Smith.

Marita Clare Sullivan, Mary Ellen Coghlan, Mary Patricia Needham, Paul Francis Carlson, Illinois Atty. Gen.'s Office, Chicago, IL, for defendant Wayne Fieroh.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HART, District Judge.

This case involves allegations of child sexual abuse which led to the arrest of plaintiff, John Fittanto, and to the protective custody of his two children for over a year. When the children were ordered returned to the Fittantos and the charges of sexual assault dropped, the Fittantos sued various municipal agencies and individuals alleging constitutional...

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