McDonnell v. City of Chicago

Plaintiff Michael McDonnell filed an action for damages for injuries sustained in an altercation with defendant Fred McKinley, a police officer employed by defendant city of Chicago and as a security guard for defendant McCormick Inn Corporation. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff and against all defendants and awarded plaintiff $225,000 in damages. Defendants appeal.

On appeal, all defendants contend that plaintiff’s counsel improperly implied that McKinley was intoxicated and that the trial court erred in excluding from evidence plaintiff’s dramshop complaint. McCormick Inn…