U.S. District Court
Northern District of Illinois (Chicago)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 01-CV-9373
Roberts
v. Cook, Co of, et al
Filed:
12/07/01
Assigned to: Hon. Matthew F. Kennelly
Jury demand: Plaintiff
Demand: $0,000
Nature of Suit: 442
Lead Docket: None
Jurisdiction: Federal Question
Dkt# in other court: None
Cause: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)
Sharla Roberts Keith L. Hunt
plaintiff Dana Elizabeth MacDonald
Lara A. Anderson
Michael H Berendt
Hunt & Associates, P.C.
Three First National Plaza
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 558-1300
v.
County of Cook Mary P. Tobin
defendant John Justin Murphy
Donald R. Hallsten, Jr.
Cook County State's Attorney
500 Richard J. Daley Center
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 603-6461
12/7/01 1 COMPLAINT (Attachments); jury demand - Civil cover sheet -
6/27/02 19 MINUTE ORDER of 6/27/02 by Hon. Elaine E. Bucklo : Ruling
on the pending motion to dismiss [12-1] of defendant set
for 6/28/02 is Vacated. Ruling will be by mail. Mailed
notice (hb) [Entry date 06/28/02]
8/2/02 20 MINUTE ORDER of 8/2/02 by Hon. Elaine E. Bucklo : For the
reasons stated in the attached memorandum opinion and
order, defendants' motion to dismiss certain counts of
plaintiff's complaint is granted in part and denied in part
[12-1]. Entered Memorandum Opinion and Order. Mailed
notice by judge's staff (lxs) [Entry date 08/05/02]
9/25/02 24 ANSWER by defendant Timothy Flick in his individual
capacity to plaintiff's complaint [1-1] (lxs)
[Entry date 09/26/02]
9/25/02 26 ANSWER by defendant Cook, Co of to plaintiff's complaint
[1-1] (lxs) [Entry date 09/26/02]
11/1/02 27 MOTION by defendant Timothy Flick for extension of time
within which to verify certain defendants' answers to
plaintiff's first set of interrogatories ; Notice. (lxs)
Pretrial conference set for 11/19/03 is reset for 12/05/03 at
4:30p.m. Trial set for January to stand. Mailed notice
11/14/03 49 MOTION by plaintiff in limine to bar evidence of prior
claim of sexual harrassment. (lxs)
11/14/03 51 PRE-TRIAL ORDER submission by plaintiff (Attachments). (lxs)
[Entry date 11/18/03]
Notice. (lxs) [Entry date 11/19/03]
11/21/03 53 REPLY by defendants to plaintiff's motion in limine to
exclude evidence of the plaintiff's job performance [48-1];
1/20/04 -- SCHEDULE set on 1/20/04 by Hon. Matthew F. Kennelly :
Trial ends-Jury Deliberation begins. No notice (or)
[Entry date 01/20/04]
1/21/04 71 JURY INSTRUCTIONS submitted (lxs) [Entry date 01/23/04]
1/21/04 72 MEMORANDUM of Law by defendants in support of their motion
for directed verdict on plaintiff's claims (Attachment).
(lxs) [Entry date 01/23/04]
1/21/04 73 VERDICT for plaintiff Sharla Roberts against defendants
Cook, Co of, Timothy Flick. (lxs) [Entry date 01/26/04]
1/21/04 74 JURY INSTRUCTIONS submitted (lxs) [Entry date 01/26/04]
1/21/04 75 MINUTE ORDER of 1/21/04 by Hon. Matthew F. Kennelly :
Verdict is reached in favor of plaintiff, Sharla Roberts,
as to Claims 1, 3, 4, and 5. Compensatory damages are
awarded in the amount of $100,000.00. Punitive damages
against Timothy Flick, as to Claim 4 only, in the amount of
400,000.00 are awarded, terminating case. Mailed notice (lxs)
[Entry date 01/26/04]