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BOYD v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-06-0358.

880 N.E.2d 1033 (2007)

Javon BOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, and City of Chicago Police Officer Darryl L. Carrothers, Star No. 19208, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Eugene Pincham and Tommy Brewer, Chicago (R. Eugene Pincham and Tommy Brewer, of counsel) and Francis X. Speh, Jr., Steger (Francis X. Speh, Jr., of counsel), for Appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Director of the Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago (Deputy Corporation Counsel Benna Ruth Solomon, Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel Myriam Zreczny Kasper and Assistant Corporation Counsel Robert L. Schultz, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 19, 2000, plaintiff Javon Boyd and defendant Darryl Carrothers, an off-duty police officer, engaged in an early morning confrontation, which resulted in Carrothers drawing his gun and shooting plaintiff. Subsequently, plaintiff was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery.

After the charge against plaintiff was dropped, he filed suit against Carrothers and codefendant the City of...

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