O'SULLIVAN v. City of Chicago

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JEFFREY COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

I

INTRODUCTION AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The trial in this case ran from jury selection on April 10, 2006, through April 21, 2006, when the jury began deliberating. On April 24, 2006, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant on the plaintiffs’ discrimination claims and a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on their retaliation claims. Evidence of the defendant’s retaliation against the plaintiffs consisted in part of charges of misconduct that had been made against Nancy Lipman and Diane O’Sullivan, who were…