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]