Laudicina v. City of Crystal Lake

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION Joseph Laudicina, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 17 CV 50177 ) Honorable Iain D. Johnston City of Crystal Lake, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER “Moral of the story is I chose a half measure when I should have gone all the way.” “Half Measures”; Breaking Bad, Season 3, Episode 12 (2010) Allowing for “garden variety” damages without finding a waiver of the psychotherapist-patient privilege is a half measure. This Court rejects the “garden variety” waiver approach because of a clear, sweeping holding…