REMUS v. SHEAHAN

No. 1-06-0756.

901 N.E.2d 1043 (2009)

Andrew REMUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael F. SHEAHAN, Sheriff of Cook County; Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board; James P. Nelly, Board Chairman; Arthur R. Waddy, Secretary; Mary Nell O. Greer, Board Member; Robert F. Hogan, Board Member; Jerome F. Marconi, Jr., Board Member; Donald J. Storino, Board Member; George P. Cahill, Board Member; and Byron Brazier, Board Member, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

January 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schenk, Duffy McNamara, Phelan, Carey & Ford, Joliet (Joseph R. Mazzone, of counsel), for Appellant.

Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (Anita M. Alzarez, Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Patrick M. Blanchard, Craig M. Sandberg, of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice STEELE delivered the opinion of the court:

The Cook County sheriff (the Sheriff)1 petitioned to dismiss Andrew Remus from his employment with the police department due to alleged misconduct that occurred on June 2, 1999. The Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board granted the petition. Remus contends on appeal that the evidence does not support the Board's findings that alcohol impaired his mental ability on the night in question and...

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