Legal Opinion
Alfredo Miranda v. County of Lake
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 2018No. 17-1603PublishedCited by 1,530 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, Chief Judge.
In the fall of 2011, Lyvita Gomes failed to show up for jury duty. This minor infraction triggered a series of events that led to her untimely death in the early days of 2012. She wound up in the county jail, where she refused to eat and drink. The medical providers who worked at the Jail did little other than monitoring as she wasted away in her cell. By the time she was sent to the hospital, it was too late to save her.
Alfredo Miranda, the administrator of Gomes's estate, brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and assorted state-law theories against Lake County, the Jail…
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