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LUSS v. VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK

Nos. 1-06-0731, 1-06-2839.

878 N.E.2d 1193 (2007)

Sheila LUSS, Special Administrator of the Estate of Carl D. Luss, Jr., deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK, Lucius Baker, Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc., Martin Moy and Wal-Mart Loss Prevention Employee John Doe, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

November 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Paul Carroll, Rochester, MN, for Appellant.

Knight, Hoppe, Kurnick & Knight, Ltd., Des Plaines (William W. Kurnick and Jeanne M. Anderson, of counsel), for Village of Forest Park and Officer Lucius Baker.

Smith, Amundsen, L.L.C., Chicago (James P. Balog and Michael Resis, of counsel), for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Justice ROBERT E. GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Sheila Luss is the special administrator of her deceased brother's estate and the caregiver of her 11-year-old nephew. Plaintiff brought this suit after her brother hanged himself in a detention cell in a police station in the Village of Forest Park, Illinois, shortly after he had been arrested for shoplifting at a Wal-Mart's store in Forest Park.

Reginald Young, the Wal-Mart security guard...

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