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WINSTON v. O'BRIEN

No. 10 C 8218.

951 F.Supp.2d 1004 (2013)

Robert L. WINSTON, Plaintiff, v. Officer O'BRIEN, Chicago Police Dept. Star #10634, Officer Yates, Star #11586, Defendants.

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

June 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Norris Salpeter, Ross Harrison Neihaus, Kaye Scholer LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Thomas More Leinenweber, James Vincent Daffada, Leinenweber Baroni & Daffada, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.

On November 27, 2012, after a two-day trial, a jury entered a verdict in favor of plaintiff Robert Winston and against Officer O'Brien, one of two Chicago Police Officers named as defendants in this excessive force action arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The jury awarded plaintiff nominal compensatory damages of one dollar, plus $7,500 in punitive damages. Now before me plaintiff's...

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