Rahim McWilliams v. Department of Cook County Jail

Rahim McWilliams, who is now incarcerated in the Illinois Department of Corrections, broke a bone in his right hand after slipping and falling on a wet floor while detained at the Cook County jail in Chicago. In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Illinois law, McWilliams claims that employees at both the county jail and the state Department of Corrections deliberately ignored his injury until after it was too late to prevent permanent disfigure ment and pain. McWilliams also claims that his fall resulted from staff negligence at the county jail. His operative complaint identifies the…