Legal Opinion
Padula v. Leimbach
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 2011No. 10-3395PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Jerome Clement, a diabetic, was suffering from a hypoglycemic episode while driving when he veered off the road and into a parking lot. Officers called to the scene had reason to believe he was intoxicated. When he did not comply with their commands to step out of his car, they physically removed him, maced him two or three times, struck him four times with a baton to place handcuffs on him and prevent him from kicking his legs and flailing his arms, and kept him in the prone position until a paramedic arrived. The paramedic recognized Clement’s condition and eventually…
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