Szany v. Garcia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION DENISE SZANY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2:17-cv-74-PPS-JPK ) JAIME GARCIA, and ) CITY OF HAMMOND, ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Denise Szany, a Corporal with the Hammond Police Department, has sued the City of Hammond and Jaime Garcia, a fellow Corporal in the Hammond Police Department. The lawsuit stems primarily from an incident in October 2016 in which Garcia grabbed and held Szany by her vest while they were at the station. A few minutes later, when Szany went to get something from her…