Taxpayers should pay $8 million to the family of a man who died after being strapped to a stretcher by Chicago Fire Department paramedics, city lawyers recommended.
Leonardo Guerrero, 44, died at an Uptown hospital on Aug. 31, 2022, after his heart stopped in a Chicago Fire Department ambulance. The restraints applied by paramedics contributed to his death, which was also caused by high blood pressure triggered by cocaine and alcohol use, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Guerrero’s death was ruled a homicide, records show…