Legal Opinion
Mathis v. Fairman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 24, 1997No. 96-1160PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Jerome Mathis committed suicide while incarcerated at the Cook County Jail, awaiting trial on a murder charge. His mother, Dorothy Mathis, filed suit against Gerome Jenkins, one of the cadets (guards in training) at the jail, as well as J.W. Fairman, the Executive Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections. She contended that Jenkins’ indifference to her son’s condition, as well as the jail’s failure to adequately staff the jail and to train its employees, proximately caused her son’s death, in violation of the due process clause of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- City of Revere v. Massachusetts General HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Jackie Vance v. Howard Peters, Iii, Director, Jane E. Higgins, Warden, and James Roy, Correctional OfficerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Paul E. Black v. Tic Investment Corp. Stratton Georgoulis, Individually and James H. Slife, IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Eugene Langston v. Howard Peters, Iii, Keith Cooper, Dwayne A. Clark, Lt. Ernest Clark, Gilberto Romero, Jr., and Lt. Lonnie AustinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Ellis Henderson v. Michael F. Sheahan and J.W. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Estate of Shannon Novack, Deceased, by Its Personal Representative, Susan Turbin, and Susan Turbin v. County of Wood, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Payne v. ChurchichCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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