Supreme Court of Illinois

A sheriff in his official capacity has authority to settle and compromise claims brought against the sheriff's office, and the sheriff's office is funded by the county, so the county is required to pay a judgment entered against the office in an official capacity, whether the case is settled or litigated.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/06/2003
• Published 04/29/2003

Judges

• Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew W. Levenfeld and Steven N. Fritzshall, Chicago, for appellants., Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Paul A. Castiglione, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for amicus curiae County of Cook., Joseph E. Birkett, State's Attorney, Wheaton (Thomas F. Downing and Margaret M. Healy, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for amicus curiae County of Du Page.


• For Appellees:
  
• Pool, Leigh & Fabricius, Ottawa (Keith Leigh, of counsel), and Judge, James & Kujawa, L.L.C., Park Ridge (William C. Barasha, of counsel), for appellee.