Bartender beaten by drunken Chicago cop wins $850,000 verdict

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Jeffrey Friedman, P.C.

Chicago Personal InjuryBY KIM JANSSEN Federal Courts Reporter kjanssen@suntimes.com November 13, 2012 5:30PM

Bartender beaten by drunken Chicago cop wins $850,000 verdict

His fellow officers painted him as a rogue cop — a violent drunkard whose isolated off-duty actions disgraced the Chicago Police Department.

But the City of Chicago itself and its police culture was to blame for Anthony Abbate’s notorious videotaped beating of bartender Karolina Obrycka, a federal jury has found.

The landmark verdict against the city and Abbate means they will have to pay a stunned but delighted Obrycka $850,000 in damages.

Bartender beaten by drunken Chicago cop wins $850,000 verdict

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