Legal Opinion
Brownell v. Figel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 17, 1991No. 90-3160PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Driving under the influence of alcohol, Donald W. Brownell collided with a guardrail in the wee hours of the morning. County officials delivered him to the hospital and then to the county lockup, where he awoke the next morning a quadriplegic. Brownell alleges that sometime during that morning, the sheriff, the police, the emergency medical technicians (E.M.T.), and the county jailors engaged in conduct responsible for his condition. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Brownell filed a complaint in federal district court alleging that the defendants violated his constitutional…
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