Blog Archive : May 2004

COOK COUNTY JUDGE AND JURIES CONDEMN HATE CRIME IN THREE CASES IN CIVIL COURT IN APRIL AND MAY 2004 In three separate cases this spring, a Cook County judge and juries awarded plaintiffs nearly $1.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages for racially motivated attacks that occurred in Chicago in 2000. On April 19, Judge Daniel J. Kelley ordered defendant Pierre Legg to pay ...

NEWS RELEASE May 24, 2004 For immediate release: Contact: Art Menke Tel 312 923-2638 Fax 312 923-2703 amenke@jenner.com Damages Awarded Today in Suit Filed Under Illinois Hate Crime Act CHICAGO — A jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County awarded more than $1 million this afternoon to an African-American CTA bus d...