ACEVEDO v. COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S MERIT BD.

No. 1-18-1128.

129 N.E.3d 658 (2019)

2019 IL App (1st) 181128

Joseph ACEVEDO, Enrique Meza, and Tamara Wuerffel, as Individuals and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. The COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S MERIT BOARD; James P. Nally, Chairman; Byron Brazier, Vice-Chairman; John J. Dalicandro, Secretary; Gray Mateo-Harris, Board Member; Vincent T. Winters, Board Member; Jennifer Bae, Board Member; Patrick Brady, Board Member; Kim R. Widup, Board Member; Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County in His Official and Individual Capacity; and The County of Cook, a Unit of Local Government and Indemnor, Defendants-Appellees (Joseph Acevedo, Plaintiff-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, SECOND DIVISION.

May 7, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer W. Sprengel , Daniel O. Herrera , and Christopher P.T. Tourek , of Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, of Chicago, and Dana L. Kurtz , Heidi Karr Sleper , and Jacob Exline , of Kurtz Law Offices, Ltd., of Hinsdale, for appellant.

Stephanie A. Scharf , Sarah R. Marmor , and George D. Sax , of Scharf Banks Marmor, LLC, of Chicago, for appellee Thomas J. Dart.

Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Cathy McNeil Stein , Natalie N. Ellis , Nile N. Miller , and Jay Rahman , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for other appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 In this putative class action, plaintiff Joseph Acevedo, on his own behalf and on behalf of those similarly situated, alleges that employment termination decisions issued by the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board (Board) were void because the Board was...

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