CRUZ v. COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S MERIT BD.

No. 1-08-2648.

914 N.E.2d 653 (2009)

Sonia CRUZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S MERIT BOARD, and its members, James P. Nally, Chairman; Michael D. Carey, Vice-Chairman; Arthur R. Waddy, Secretary; Marynell O. Greer; Robert F. Hogan; Brian J. Riordan; Byron T. Brazier; Daniel J. Lynch; and Donald J. Storino; and Thomas Dart, Sheriff of Cook County and Michael F. Sheahan, Former Sheriff of Cook County, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

August 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney of Cook County, Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Donald R. Hallsten, Jr., Asst. State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Defendants-Appellants.

Ronald N. Cicinelli, The Law Office of Ronald N. Cicinelli, Elmhurst, IL, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Presiding Justice MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board and its members (collectively, Board) and the former and present sheriff of Cook County (collectively, Sheriff) appeal from a decision of the circuit court reversing the Board's discharge of plaintiff Sonia Cruz from employment by the Sheriff On appeal, defendants contend that the Board's findings were not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence and that...

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