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Luss v. Village of Forest Park

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 5, 2007No. 1-06-0731, 1-06-2839 consPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON

delivered the opinion of the i court:

Plaintiff Sheila Luss is the special administrator of her deceased brother’s estate and the caregiver of her 11-year-old nephew. Plaintiff brought this suit after her brother hanged himself in a detention cell in a police station in the Village of Forest Park, Illinois, shortly after he had been arrested for shoplifting at a Wal-Mart store in Forest Park.

Reginald Young, the Wal-Mart security guard primarily responsible for apprehending Luss, died in an unrelated accident four months after Luss’s arrest. Defendant Lucius Baker, the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Foxcroft Townhome Owners Ass'n v. Hoffman Rosner Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Zekman v. Direct American Marketers, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1998
  3. People v. WardIllinois Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Murray v. Chicago Youth CenterIllinois Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Webster v. HartmanIllinois Supreme Court · 2001

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  2. Turcios v. The DeBruler CompanyIllinois Supreme Court · 2015
  3. Turcios v. The DeBruler CompanyIllinois Supreme Court · 2015
  4. Jackson v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 2012
  5. People v. WheelerAppellate Court of Illinois · 2009

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