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COOK v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 06 C 5930.

ROBERT COOK, DENISE GERLOSKI, HEATHER GERLOSKI, a minor, by and through Denise Gerloski, her mother and next best friend, and THOMAS GERLOSKI, a minor, by and through Denise Gerloski, his mother and next best friend, Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, and Chicago Police Officers JEROME FINNIGAN, Star 5167; KEITH FUELLING, Star 13618; PAUL BURG, Star 8204; JENNIFER PRZYBYLO, Star 8547; KEN ABELS, Star 1747; and JOHN BLAKE, Star 454, Defendants.

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

August 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Cook, Plaintiff, represented by Lawrence V. Jackowiak , Law Offices of Lawrence V. Jackowiak, Adele D. Nicholas , Lawrence V. Jackowiak & Associates, Amanda Sunshine Yarusso , Jackowiak Law Offices & Ryan Michael Melyon , Jackowiak Law Offices.

Denise Gerloski, Plaintiff, represented by Adele D. Nicholas , Lawrence V. Jackowiak & Associates & Amanda Sunshine Yarusso , Jackowiak Law Offices.

Heather Gerloski, Plaintiff, represented by Adele D. Nicholas , Lawrence V. Jackowiak & Associates & Amanda Sunshine Yarusso , Jackowiak Law Offices.

Thomas Gerloski, Plaintiff, represented by Adele D. Nicholas , Lawrence V. Jackowiak & Associates & Amanda Sunshine Yarusso , Jackowiak Law Offices.

City of Chicago a Municipal Corporation, Defendant, represented by Penelope Moutoussamy George , City of Chicago, Department of Law, Terrence Michael Burns , Dykema Gossett PLLc, Daniel Matthew Noland , Dykema Gossett PLLc & Molly E. Thompson , Dykema Gossett PLLc.

Jerome Finnigan, Chicago Police Officers, Defendant, Pro Se.

Jerome Finnigan, Chicago Police Officers, Defendant, represented by Eric S. Palles , Ravitz & Palles & Gary Jay Ravitz , Ravitz & Palles, P.C..

Keith Fuelling, Defendant, represented by Geri Lynn Yanow , City of Chicago, Department of Law, Jonathan Clark Green , Chicago Corporation Counsel, Colin B White , Illinois Attorney General, Habib M. Bentaleb , Campinha Bacote LLP, Nicholas Easton Siefert , City Of Chicago Department Of Law & Thomas Jon Aumann , City of Chicago.

Paul Burg, Defendant, represented by Geri Lynn Yanow , City of Chicago, Department of Law, Jonathan Clark Green , Chicago Corporation Counsel, Colin B White , Illinois Attorney General, Habib M. Bentaleb , Campinha Bacote LLP, Nicholas Easton Siefert , City Of Chicago Department Of Law & Thomas Jon Aumann , City of Chicago.

Jennifer Przybylo, Defendant, represented by Geri Lynn Yanow , City of Chicago, Department of Law, Jonathan Clark Green , Chicago Corporation Counsel, Colin B White , Illinois Attorney General, Habib M. Bentaleb , Campinha Bacote LLP, Nicholas Easton Siefert , City Of Chicago Department Of Law & Thomas Jon Aumann , City of Chicago.

Ken Abels, Defendant, represented by Geri Lynn Yanow , City of Chicago, Department of Law, Jonathan Clark Green , Chicago Corporation Counsel, Colin B White , Illinois Attorney General, Habib M. Bentaleb , Campinha Bacote LLP, Nicholas Easton Siefert , City Of Chicago Department Of Law & Thomas Jon Aumann , City of Chicago.

John Blake, Defendant, represented by Geri Lynn Yanow , City of Chicago, Department of Law, Jonathan Clark Green , Chicago Corporation Counsel, Colin B White , Illinois Attorney General, Habib M. Bentaleb , Campinha Bacote LLP, Nicholas Easton Siefert , City Of Chicago Department Of Law & Thomas Jon Aumann , City of Chicago.

Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Respondent in Discovery, Respondent, represented by Richard Seth Shippee , Chicago Board of Education.

Terrance Thompson, Movant, represented by Amanda C Antholt , Smith, Johnson & Antholt, LLC.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ROBERT W. GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Robert Cook, a fireman with the Chicago Fire Department, sued defendants the City of Chicago, and police officers Jerome Finnigan, Keith Fuelling, Paul Burg, Jennifer Przybylo, Ken Abels, and John Blake,1 alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and an indemnification claim pursuant to 745 ILCS 10/9-102.2...

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