BROWN v. KING

No. 1-99-4510.

767 N.E.2d 357 (2001)

328 Ill. App.3d 717

262 Ill.Dec. 897

DeShaun BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fred KING, Defendant (Michael Sheahan, Sheriff of Cook County, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobson & Sorkin, Ltd. (Steven W. Jacobson, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney (Patrick Driscoll, Deputy State's Attorney, John Ouska and Lauren Klein, Assistant State's Attorneys), Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following an automobile accident, plaintiff DeShaun Brown was shot in the leg by defendant Fred King, an off-duty deputy Cook County sheriff who had stopped at the scene of the accident. Plaintiff subsequently filed an action against King and King's employer, defendant Michael Sheahan, the Cook County sheriff (the Sheriff). The Sheriff's motion to dismiss the claims against him pursuant to section 2-619 of the Code...

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