Legal Opinion
Estate of Enoch Ex Rel. Enoch v. Tienor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 2009No. 08-4103PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
An 18-year-old girl named Angela Enoch managed to commit suicide even though she was on 24-hour suicide watch at Wisconsin’s prison for women, the Taycheedah Correctional Institution. Her Estate and her minor sisters, Ashley and Amber Enoch, sued a number of correctional officers and staff, alleging violations of her civil rights. After a year of contentious litigation, the plaintiffs accepted the defendants’ offer of judgment, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68. The offer was for $635,000, exclusive of attorney fees—a fairly spectacular sum in the realm of…
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