In 2016, pre-trial detainee F. Calvillo intervened to break up a gang fight. He was hurt in the process. The jail then transferred him to another Division in the jail. Days later, the jail transferred one of the very prisoners Mr. Calvillo had tried to stop from fighting into his Division. Shortly after arriving, the recently arrived prisoner attacked and severely hurt Mr. Calvillo.
Attorneys Melinda Power and Philip DeVon filed a lawsuit on his behalf suing Cook County guards for failure to protect Mr. Calvillo. We were able to successfully settle the lawsuit shortly after the completion of written discovery.