DAVIS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-12-2427.

8 N.E.3d 120 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 122427

380 Ill. Dec. 189

Johnetta DAVIS, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Darryl Hamilton, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, and David Garza, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper , Kerrie Maloney Laytin , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellants.

Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery, L.L.C., Chicago ( James D. Montgomery , Melvin L. Brooks , John K. Kennedy , of counsel), for appellee.


OPINION

Justice PUCINSKI delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This case is before us on interlocutory appeal after the trial court granted plaintiff's motion for a new trial following a jury's verdict in favor of the defense in her wrongful death suit for the death of her son caused by the defendant police officer. The defendant officer and City of Chicago's defense was that the officer acted...

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