Lawsuit Settlement Orders

At a glance

What: On September 23, 2026 Council passed four orders authorizing the Corporation Counsel to settle lawsuits against the City, totaling $19,975,000.
Source limits: The journal records the case names, case numbers and amounts but not the facts of the claims.

Lorenzo Williams v. City of Chicago, et al. (case 2026 L 007227): $225,000. Passed 33 to 17. The Finance Committee had approved it by roll call with 13 dissents (Quinn, Lopez, Moore, O'Shea, Scott, Ervin, Taliaferro, Cardona, Waguespack, Villegas, Sposato, Reilly and Nugent). Floor nays (17): Beale, Chico, Quinn, Lopez, O'Shea, Tabares, Scott, Taliaferro, Cardona, Waguespack, Villegas, Sposato, Nugent, Napolitano, Reilly, Gardiner and Silverstein.
Matthew Jordan, administrator of the Estate of Michael A. Jordan, v. City of Chicago and Officer Christopher Moore (case 2024 L 01191 O): $6,000,000. Passed 50 to 0.
Gabriel Solache v. Reynaldo Guevara, et al. (case 18 CV 2312): $6,000,000. Passed 49 to 1 (Lopez no).
Arturo DeLeon-Reyes v. Reynaldo Guevara, et al. (case 18 CV 1028): $7,750,000. Passed 49 to 1 (Lopez no).
Also passed the same day: a substitute order paying small claims against the City (50 to 0) and a Finance recommendation not to pay a set of refund claims (50 to 0); the Finance Committee also placed on file the July and August 2026 report of verdicts, judgments and settlements.

All four orders passed on Dowell's motion; Mitchell's motions to reconsider were lost.

Small claims payment and denial orders accepted for the omnibus.