$ 5,000,000.00 Settlement – Police Shooting
On February 16, 2019, the 17-year old victim was a passenger in a vehicle on his way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with his girlfriend. Police engaged in an unlawful high speed chase of the vehicle for allegedly driving without it’s light on. The car eventually crashed and as everyone in the car tried to flee, the victim was shot and killed while running away from the officers. The victim, a senior in high school with no criminal history, was shot three (3) times: twice in the lower back, penetrating his spinal column and fracturing his hip, and once in the back of the head, with the bullet fragment embedded in the frontal lobe of his brain. The officer claimed the victim pointed a gun at him, but the forensic and physical evidence, as well as eyewitness testimony, proved this to be false. The City of Chicago has moved to fire the officer, who failed to activate his body-worn camera (BWC) before or after the shooting.
$ 4,750,000.00 Verdict – Police Shooting
For three siblings, including a member of the U.S. Navy who was home on leave, who were critically wounded when a Chicago police officer fired 11 shots at the back porch of a residence during a New Year’s Eve party.
$3,500,000.00 Verdict –Premises Liability
For the estate of a woman paralyzed when she fell from the back staircase of a residential building that was under illegal construction and missing hand railings.
$1,500,000.00 Settlement – Wrongful Death in Custody
For a wrongful death case where police arrested a man who had a fatal asthma attack while in the back seat of a police squad car and the officers refused to give him his inhaler.
$1,375,000.00 Verdict – False Arrest
For a senior citizen who suffered a massive stroke a day after she was falsely arrested at a police station and threatened with deportation.
$1,100,000.00 Settlement – Wrongful Incarceration
For a man falsely charged with attempt murder and spent a year in jail because detectives fabricated eyewitness statements.
$ 5,000,000.00 Settlement – Police Shooting
For the estate of 17 yr-old Laquan McDonald shot 16 times by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Officer Van Dyke was the first Chicago police officer to be charged with murder for an on- duty shooting in over 30 years and was ultimately convicted of Second Degree Murder and 16 counts of Aggravated Battery with a Firearm and sentenced to prison.
$ 4,750,000.00 Verdict – Police Shooting
For three siblings, including a member of the U.S. Navy who was home on leave, who were critically wounded when a Chicago police officer fired 11 shots at the back porch of a residence during a New Year’s Eve party.
$3,500,000.00 Verdict –Premises Liability
For the estate of a woman paralyzed when she fell from the back staircase of a residential building that was under illegal construction and missing hand railings.
$1,500,000.00 Settlement – Wrongful Death in Custody
For a wrongful death case where police arrested a man who had a fatal asthma attack while in the back seat of a police squad car and the officers refused to give him his inhaler.
$1,375,000.00 Verdict – False Arrest
For a senior citizen who suffered a massive stroke a day after she was falsely arrested at a police station and threatened with deportation.
$1,100,000.00 Settlement – Wrongful Incarceration
For a man falsely charged with attempt murder and spent a year in jail because detectives fabricated eyewitness statements.
