Coleman v. Lane

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PALLMEYER, Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff David Coleman, III alleged that his employer, Defendant Chicago Housing Authority (the “CHA”), deprived him of his liberty and property interests in his employment without due process of law in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A jury awarded Plaintiff $155,000 in damages and, on April 29, 1994, this court ordered Defendant to reinstate Plaintiff to a position of comparable responsibility, with the seniority and benefits he would have received absent his discharge. The court further awarded Plaintiff back pay for the time from the…