Legal Opinion
Betty J. Archie, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Rena M. Delacy, Deceased v. City of Racine, Ronald W. Chiapete, and George W. Giese
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 1987No. 86-1783PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
In July 1984, Betty Archie, Special Administrator of the Estate of Rena M. DeLacy (“DeLacy”), and five other individuals 1 filed this complaint seeking $1,000,000 in compensatory and $1,000,000 in punitive damages from the City of Racine, Wisconsin, Ronald Chiapete, its Fire Chief, and George Giese, a Racine Fire Department dispatcher. 2 The complaint was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and claimed that defendant Giese twice failed to send a rescue squad to take DeLacy to a hospital and twice rendered improper medical advice, thus causing DeLacy’s death from respiratory…
2Cases cited78 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
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Gibson v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Mike Yang v. Paul HardinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Betty J. Archie v. City of Racine, Ronald W. Chiapete, and George W. GieseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Gibson v. The City Of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Doris Andrews and Otis Andrews v. Thomas H. Wilkins, Individually and in His Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
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