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McGEE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-11-1084.

979 N.E.2d 470 (2012)

2012 IL App (1st) 111084

365 Ill. Dec. 866

Donny McGEE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO; Erna Quinn, Special Representative for the Estate of Edward Farley; Robert Lenihan; and Robert Bartik, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

October 9, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper , and Kerrie Maloney Laytin , Asst. Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, for appellants.

Arthur Loevy , Jon Loevy , Russell Ainsworth , and Roshna Bala Keen , Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for appellee.

OPINION

Presiding Justice HARRIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Here we are called upon to determine whether defendants are entitled to a new trial where the circuit court failed to remove or even voir dire a juror who had performed Internet research on an issue in the case.1 We decide the answer is yes.

¶ 2 Plaintiff, Donny McGee, brought claims of malicious prosecution and intentional...

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