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Rivera v. Garcia

Citations

  • 927 N.E.2d 1235
  • 401 Ill. App. 3d 602

How courts have described this case

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  • holding there was overwhelming evidence that provided a clear nexus between the wilful and wanton conduct of the police officers in initiating the pursuit to the shooting injury to one occupant and the death of the other
  • holding there was overwhelming evidence that provided a clear nexus between the wilful and wanton conduct of the police officers in initiating the pursuit to the shooting injury to one occupant and the death of the other
  • department’s pursuit policy is inexorably linked to the foreseeable injuries or death of bystanders as a result of a dangerous pursuit
  • proximate causation involves two analyses, first, cause-in-fact, and whether there was “reasonable certainty that a wrongdoer’s conduct caused the damages involved” and second, the legal cause, and “whether the ultimate injury was reasonably foreseeable”

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Judges: Lavin

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