Legal Opinion
Robert J. Pierson v. William Hartley, Supervisor, Dawn MacMillan Terrell Triggs, in Their Official and Individual Capacities
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 14, 2004No. 02-3491PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Robert J. Pierson, an inmate of the Indiana State Prison, was assaulted by fellow inmate Jeremy Wilkinson while he slept. Wilkinson beat Pierson with brass locks stuffed in a sock, gashing his head and knees and crushing his left testicle. The attack required surgical removal of Pierson’s damaged testicle and kept him a month in the prison hospital. Pierson sued prison officers and officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that they knew of and ignored a serious risk to his safety. A jury found for Pierson against two of the officers and awarded damages, but the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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