Fateful fall: The Christina Eilman case

October 20, 2012

City lawyers open door to settling 2006 lawsuit against police

Lawyers for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration have asked a federal judge to explore the possibility of settling a 6-year-old lawsuit brought by a California couple who claim their mentally ill daughter was gravely injured after police released her in a high-crime neighborhood.

April 27, 2012

Court denies city's appeal in police negligence case

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Christina Eilman's family can proceed with a lawsuit claiming Police Department negligence placed her in danger that led to her sexual assault and catastrophic injury.

July 21, 2011

Parents press for ruling in mentally ill daughter's night of horror

The case of a mentally ill California woman who was raped and permanently disabled after Chicago police released her in a high-crime area has languished in appeals court for a year and a half, so long that her family has taken the unusual step of prodding the court to hurry up.

January 5, 2010

New details of woman's fateful fall

A police supervisor told officers to take Christina Eilman to the hospital instead of putting her in a lockup overnight, but they didn't because they said there was no car handy at the station.

August 27, 2006

She begged for help; guards said, 'Shut up'

Hour after hour, Christina Eilman threw herself at the bars of her cell at a South Side police lockup, shrieking threats one moment and begging for help the next, pleading that she was ill.

June 10, 2006

Parents sue city over high-rise fall

The parents of a 21-year-old California woman gravely injured in a fall after she was released from police custody filed a federal lawsuit against the city Friday, contending Chicago police officers ignored their pleas to keep their mentally ill daughter in custody.