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The family of a Washington Park Auxiliary police officer who fell to his death while pursuing suspects on the Poplar Street Bridge argue that their amended wrongful death suit sufficiently pleads that construction companies owed a duty to maintain a safe work site.
shutterstock.com Companies involved in the construction of the Poplar Street Bridge argue that the plaintiffs fail to sufficiently allege that a dangerous condition existed in a wrongful death suit claiming an auxiliary officer fell through an opening on the bridge while pursuing a suspect. According to the complaint, Washington Park auxiliary police officer Ricardo Davis, 44, was in a foot pursuit of a suspect in the line of duty at 3 p.m. on Oct. 27, 2018, when he allegedly fell through an opening on the bridge and fell. The fall caused his death, the suit states....