SANG KEN KIM v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-05-2684.

858 N.E.2d 569 (2006)

306 Ill.Dec. 772

SANG KEN KIM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation; Neal Jack; and Robert Rutherford, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

November 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Offices of John G. Kelly, P.C., Chicago (John G. Kelly and Gregory R. Ignoffo, of counsel), for Appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Chicago (Benna Ruth Solomon, Myriam Zreczny Kasper and Christopher Norborg, of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Sang Ken Kim, spent 3½ years in Cook County jail awaiting trial for first degree murder and rape. Prior to trial, the State dropped the charges against plaintiff and he was released. Thereafter, plaintiff filed suit against the City of Chicago, Chicago police detective Neal Jack, and Chicago police detective Robert Rutherford, alleging that he was coerced into giving a false confession, deprived...

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