ESTATE OF STROCCHIA v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-94-2439.

672 N.E.2d 919 (1996)

284 Ill. App.3d 891

220 Ill.Dec. 102

ESTATE OF Ralph STROCCHIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, Leroy Martin, Superintendent of Police, Fred Rice, Jr., Dennis E. Nowicki, Joseph Beazley and John Sheerin, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

November 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Peter Dowd, Anne L. Hunter of Dowd & Bloch, Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon, Susan S. Sher of Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago (Julian N. Henriques, Jr., of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.


Justice HOURIHANE delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of a civil rights action filed by Ralph Strocchia (Strocchia), a career service officer with the Chicago Police Department, against the City of Chicago, pursuant to the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988).1 Strocchia claimed that the department's handling of his request for reinstatement to the police force following an approved leave of absence resulted...

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