Legal Opinion
Hearon v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 30, 1987No. 85—1101, 85—1173 consPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jiganti
This action arises out of the death and disposition of the body of Kenneth Hearon, the husband of the plaintiff, Lorenda Hearon.
On May 12, 1979, Kenneth Hearon was stabbed in the chest with a knife and later found by Chicago police officers, who took him to the emergency room of St. Joseph’s Hospital. He was pronounced dead upon arrival. The police officers then transported the body to the medical examiner’s office, where the matter was assigned to Eupil Choi, M.D., for processing. Choi performed an autopsy upon the body which included opening the chest cavity to reveal a lacerated heart and…
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