Estate of Veronica Rizzo-Acevedo
May 20, 2015OUTCOME: Slayers Statute applied to courts ruling of homicide
Chicago Police Officer murdered by Cook County Sheriff husband. Required reconstruction of evidence at scene and proof of murder suicide
Thomas W. Tuohy's Legal Cases (3)
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Trusts Lawyer at Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Practice Areas: Trusts, Estate Planning ... +2 more
Meeks v. State of Nebraska
Jun 06, 2014OUTCOME: $2,000,000 Settlement
On June 6, 2013, Joyce Meeks was driving home from work on Van Dorn Street in Lincoln, Nebraska. A vehicle driven by Jeremy Dobbe crossed the center line, striking the Meeks vehicle at 70 mph and killi ... ng Joyce instantly. Dobbe was in prison, and was driving a vehicle owned by the Nebraska Department of Corrections as part of the Inmate Van Driver Program. This program allowed inmates of Nebraska prisons to drive state vehicles on public roads as part of a work detail assignment. Dobbe had two convictions for DUI, one in Colfax County in 1999 and one in Platt County in 2003, a conviction for Reckless Driving in Stanton County in 2001, a conviction for Willful Reckless Driving in Platt County in 2005, a conviction for Careless Driving in Colfax County in 2010, and a conviction for Possession of Marijuana in Platt County in 2000. Dobbe also had a felony conviction in Butler County for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Deliver, a felony conviction for Terroristic Threats in Colfax County, and a misdemeanor conviction for criminal mischief in Colfax County. Despite this record of convictions, Dobbe was allowed by the State of Nebraska to drive a state-owned van on public streets to pick up other inmates at their respective work detail assignments. As a result of this case, Nebraska ended its Inmate Van Driver Program. *Co-counsel with Cavanagh Law Group
EDWARDS v. CITY OF CHICAGO
Mar 24, 2009OUTCOME: Summary Judgment for plaintiffs/settled
Class Action alleged that the City committed the intentional tort of conversion of police officers property when, without proper authorization or legal authority, it filed liens to recover line-of-duty ... medical expenses paid on behalf of plaintiffs.
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