http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/264489,CST-NWS-burge20.articleAttorneys for three men who say they were tortured under the watch of former Police Cmdr. Jon Burge demanded Monday that the city cough up the $14.8 million settlement it quietly agreed to pay more than 3½ months ago.
The "highest levels'' of city government signed off on the deal, which was agreed to on Nov. 3, according to a motion filed on behalf of Leroy Orange, Madison Hobley and Stanley Howard, three former Death Row inmates pardoned by then-Gov. George Ryan.
However, city attorneys never took the next step of seeking City Council approval, said G. Flint Taylor, the three plaintiffs' lawyer.
Taylor's motion demands that the $14.8 million settlement be enforced and seeks additional punitive damages for the city's "egregious bad faith'' in "refusing to honor'' the Nov. 3 deal.
It also asks for the right to proceed against Mayor Daley for alleged obstruction of justice, racketeering and civil rights conspiracy during his time as Cook County state's attorney.
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