Legal Opinion
Deidre Davis v. Yolanda Carter
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 28, 2006No. 05-1695PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Deidre Davis, on behalf of her deceased husband James Davis’s estate, sued defendant Cook County and various individuals employed by Cook County, alleging that they failed to provide adequate medical assistance to James Davis during his six-day incarceration at the Cook County Jail. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that despite numerous indications that her husband was in excruciating pain due to sudden withdrawal from methadone medication, no one provided him methadone during his incarceration. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Donald C. Hedberg v. Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Harriett G. Woodward, Special Administrator of the Estate of Justin Farver, Deceased v. Correctional Medical Services of Illinois, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- David Sherrod v. Darlene Lingle, R.N. Mary Geiger, R.N. Betty Lorance, R.N. C.P. Ramaswamy, M.D. Rajendra Shroff, M.D. Franklin Hospital DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by101 opinions
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- Daniel v. Cook CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
- Terrance McKinney v. Sheriff's Office of Whitley CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
- Wagner v. Washington CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Overly v. Keybank National Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
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