Legal Opinion
Torres v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 29, 2002No. 00 C 4850PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BUCKLO, District Judge.'
Hector Rivera died of multiple gunshot wounds that he sustained in a shooting on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, in the early hours of July 24,1998. The plaintiff, as the administrator of Mr. Rivera’s estate, sued the City of Chicago and several of its police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Illinois law for failing to promptly summon medical assistance for Mr. Rivera. I denied the City’s motion to dismiss, Torres v. City of Chicago, 123 F.Supp.2d 1130 (N.D.Ill.2000), and the plaintiff has since voluntarily dismissed the § 1983 claim…
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