Lazcano v. United States

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JACOB LAZCANO, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 17-cv-02969 v. ) ) Judge Andrea R. Wood THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Jacob Lazcano was riding his bicycle down a Chicago street on July 3, 2014 when he collided with a United States Postal Service (“USPS”) truck. Lazcano subsequently sued Defendant United States of America, alleging that the accident occurred because its employee, the driver of the USPS truck, acted negligently. The parties tried Lazcano’s…