Legal Opinion
Sherrod v. Berry
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 15, 1985No. 80 C 4117PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum
LEIGHTON, District Judge.
This civil rights suit was brought by a father to recover for the death of his son who was shot and killed by a City of Joliet police officer. A jury returned verdicts and defendants have filed post-trial motions. One of the issues raised is whether this court erred in admitting evidence which allowed the jury to consider “the hedonic value of a human life” when it decided the damages to be awarded plaintiff for the wrongful death of his son.
An expert in economics was permitted to testify that in determining the value of a human life in such a case, a factor…
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