Legal Opinion
Shonda Martin v. Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 14, 2018No. 17-3216 & 18-1060PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Manion, Circuit Judge.
*547 Milwaukee County ("County") hired Xavier Thicklen in late 2012 to work as a corrections officer in its jail. County has a zero-tolerance policy forbidding corrections officers from having any sexual contact with inmates. County repeatedly instructed Thicklen not to engage in any such contact and trained him to avoid it. Thicklen gave answers to quizzes indicating he understood the training. But he raped Shonda Martin in jail anyway.
Martin sued him, and sued County for indemnification under Wisconsin Statute § 895.46. Before, during, and after trial, County sought…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Bell v. City of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Isaac Russ and Vera Love v. Van B. Watts, Phillip Banazkiewicz, City of Chicago, and Robert HelsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- George C. Hibma v. Richard T. Odegaard, James Nikodem, and Michael Paul Szula, and Sawyer County, Wisconsin, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- In re Zimmer, Nexgen Knee Implant Prods. Liab. Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
- Kruckenberg v. HarveyWisconsin Supreme Court · 2005
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