Legal Opinion
Kunz v. DeFelice
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2008No. 06-3827, 06-3828PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
On March 22, 1999, Jeremy Kunz spent the afternoon and evening in a bar watching March Madness and consuming a few Guinnesses. As the night wore on, he asked a fellow he knew from the bar, Erik, if he could borrow Erik’s SUV for a short time. Erik handed over the keys to his vehicle, and Kunz left on his errand. The events relating to the rest of the evening gave rise to a low-speed car chase, a brutal interrogation, and a lawsuit against the City of Chicago and certain police officers. Kunz prevailed in that litigation, winning jury verdicts against Officer DeFelice for…
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