Legal Opinion
Linda Florek v. Village of Mundelei
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 2011No. 10-3696PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
When police searched her apartment and placed her under arrest during a drug raid, Linda Florek suffered a heart attack. She subsequently filed suit in federal court, naming as defendants the Village of Mundelein and several of its police officers. Donovan Hansen is the only such officer who remains in the case on appeal. Florek contends that police unreasonably seized her within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment by denying a request she made for baby aspirin and refusing to call an ambulance for her. She also maintains that police violated the Fourth Amendment’s…
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