Lawyers for the family of a mentally ill woman who died two months after she was struck by a Chicago Police cruiser four years ago have added a wrongful-death claim to a lawsuit against the department.
Martina Standley was never the same after she was struck by a CPD cruiser in 2019, when witnesses reported her skull hit the pavement with such force, it sounded like a gunshot, said Andrew M. Stroth, attorney for Standley’s family. Her family filed a lawsuit days after the crash, while Standley still was in intensive care. Last week, a wrongful-death claim was added to the case, citing testimony from one of Standley’s doctors in a deposition requested by lawyers for the city.
