Stone v. Sangamon County Sheriff's Department

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.

The Sangamon County Sheriffs Department — and the sheriff — are entitled to summary judgment.

FACTS

Arthur Stone began working at the Sheriffs Department of Sangamon County, Illinois in 1974. In 1977, Stone was allegedly injured in a car accident while on duty. The Court uses the term allegedly because there is no evidence of Stone’s injury other than what he asserts in his deposition and affidavit. In any case, this began what Stone claims was more than a decade of back and leg pain.

Stone’s alleged injuries did not impede his advancement within the Sheriffs…