Legal Opinion
Salazar v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 1991No. 89-3551PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
In the early morning hours of November 27, 1982, Alejandro Salazar made a fatal decision to drive his car after drinking excessively. At around 4:30 a.m., Salazar drove head-on into a parking meter, and then into the front wall of a Chicago restaurant. Salazar did not die instantly; rather, he died at around noon to 1:00 p.m. that day, several hours after police had taken him to the 19th District police station in Chicago and booked him for several traffic offenses.
Arturo Salazar, Alejandro’s brother and the Administrator of Salazar’s estate (and whom we shall refer to…
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