Legal Opinion
Ronald G. Bryant v. David Madigan, Nancy Griffin, and Dorothy Mulcahey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1996No. 95-2349PublishedCited by 408 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Bryant, an Illinois state prisoner, brought this damages suit against his keepers, complaining that they had refused his request for guardrails for his bed and that as a result he had broken his leg when a severe leg spasm caused him to fall out of bed. (Bryant is a paraplegic, and leg spasms are a symptom of his condition.) He also complains that after the operation to fix his leg he was denied pain medication. He claims that the defendants’ conduct violated both, the . Eighth Amendment and the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq. The district judge…
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- Hale v. ArizonaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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