Legal Opinion
Cobige v. City of Chicago, Ill.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 12, 2011No. 10-3728PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
While in a police lockup, Patricia Cobige died of a heart arrhythmia. She was arrested on June 10, 2006, and pronounced dead at about 1:30 A.M. on June 12. Evidence from one of Cobige’s cellmates, plus two deputy sheriffs and a civilian aide at the lockup, permitted a jury to find that she experienced severe abdominal pain throughout her confinement. Dan J. Fin-tel, Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University and head of coronary care at its hospitals, testified that the pain led Cobige to produce more epinephrine (also known as adrenaline), which combined with a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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