DOTY v. CAREY

No. 84 C 9420.

626 F.Supp. 359 (1986)

Betty DOTY, as Administratrix of the estate of Gregory Shearer, deceased, and Roosevelt Shearer, father of Gregory Shearer, deceased, Plaintiffs, v. John CAREY and Martin Morrison, individually and as officers of the Police Department of the City of Chicago, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

January 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Thomas, Law Clinic Offices, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Gregory E. Kulis, Asst. Corp. Counsel, City of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Betty Doty, as the personal representative of her brother Gregory Shearer and on behalf of his estate, seeks redress for his death from two Chicago police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff Roosevelt Shearer brings his own § 1983 action against the same officers for the loss of society of his son. Plaintiff Doty also has brought a pendent claim for wrongful death under Ill.Rev.Stat....

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