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RUSS v. WATTS

No. 01 C 4098.

190 F.Supp.2d 1094 (2002)

Christopher RUSS, Brandi Spencer, Jabren Sandifer, Vera Love, and Isaac Russ, Plaintiffs, v. Van B. WATTS, IV, Star No. 11999, Phillip Banaziewicz, Robert Helson, in their individual capacities, and the City of Chicago, a municipal corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. O'Rourke, O'Rourke, McCloskey & Moody, Timothy J. Touhy, Touhy & Touhy Ltd., Daniel K. Touhy, Touhy & Touhy Ltd., Chicago, for Christopher Russ, Brandi Spencer, Jabren Sandifer, Vera Love, Isaac Russ, plaintiffs.

Thomas R. Samson, City of Chicago, Department of Law, Sheri H. Mecklenburg, Liza Marie Franklin, Michael Thomas Donovan, City of Chicago, Department of Law, Individual Defense Litigation, Sharon Baldwin, City of Chicago, Law Department, Corporation Counsel, Allen Duarte, City of Chicago, Department of Law, Mara Stacy Georges, City of Chicago, Law Department, Chicago, for Van B Watts, IV, Star No. 11999, Phillip Banazkiewicz, Robert Helson, in their individual capacities, City of Chicago, the, a municipal corporation, defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

On June 5, 1999, Robert Russ ("Russ") was shot and killed by Chicago Police officer Van B. Watts, IV ("Officer Watts") during a traffic stop on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago, Illinois. Plaintiffs Christopher Russ, Brandi Spencer, and Jabren Sandifer were Russ's siblings. Plaintiffs Vera Love and Isaac Russ were Russ's parents. Plaintiffs' amended complaint sets forth six separate claims...

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