Legal Opinion
Jaffee v. Redmond
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 6, 1995No. 94-1151PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
On June 27, 1991, Police Officer Mary Lu Redmond responded to a reported fight in progress at an apartment complex. When she arrived at the scene, she was advised that there had been a stabbing inside the building. Within minutes thereafter, Officer Redmond stated that she fired her'weapon and killed Ricky Allen, Sr. as he was pursuing and rapidly gaining on another man, and was poised to stab him with a butcher knife. Allen’s surviving family members filed suit against Officer Redmond and her employer, the Village of Hoffman Estates, Illinois (the “Village”), alleging…
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