Legal Opinion
Joni Zaya v. Kul Sood
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 6, 2016No. 15-1470PublishedCited by 363 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Joni Zaya broke his wrist while he was an inmate at the Henry Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg, Illinois. The prison physician, Dr. Kul B. Sood, sent Zaya to an off-site orthopedic surgeon who took x-rays, fitted Zaya with a cast, and sent him back to the prison with instructions that he return in three weeks for a follow-up exam and additional x-rays. Dr. Sood didn’t follow those instructions. Instead he waited nearly seven weeks to send Zaya back to the orthopedic surgeon. By that time Zaya’s wrist had healed at an improper angle, and two surgeries were required to…
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