GIVENS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 1-19-2434 & 1-19-2457 cons.

184 N.E.3d 501 (2021)

2021 IL App (1st) 192434

John W. GIVENS, Leland Dudley, and Theresa Daniel, as Special Administrator of the Estate of David Strong, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Opinion filed September 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Napleton , Brion W. Doherty , and David J. Gallagher , of Motherway & Napleton, LLP, of Chicago, and Lynn D. Dowd , of Naperville, for appellants John W. Givens and Theresa Daniel.

Alexander McH. Memmen , of The Memmen Law Firm, LLC, of Chicago, for other appellant.

Celia Meza , Acting Corporation Counsel, of Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper , and Elizabeth Mary Tisher , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 On April 30, 2012, around 2 a.m., John W. Givens, Leland Dudley, and David Strong, now deceased, burglarized an electronics store in Chicago, then attempted to escape in a stolen getaway van. However, police appeared, bearing guns and firing some 76 rounds...

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