Legal Opinion
Vickie R. Chapman v. Howard Keltner, Yoshida Williams and Dupage County, an Illinois Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 21, 2001No. 00-2959PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
On October 8, 1997, DuPage County Deputy Sheriffs Howard Keltner and Yo-shida Williams arrested Vickie Chapman, who was dressed in a fuchsia bathrobe and slippers, pursuant to a warrant upon her discharge from Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois. Chapman had been hospitalized for about five days, recovering from bowel resection surgery, which entailed making a nine-inch incision across her lower abdomen and pelvic area. Prior to her discharge, Dr. Bruce Dillon gave her instructions. During this conversation, Chapman asked if she could take .the two stairs…
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