Legal Opinion
Estate of Simpson v. Gorbett
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 14, 2017No. 16-2899PublishedCited by 471 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
This case concerns the death of Dennis Simpson, an inmate who fell off an upper bunk while incarcerated in the Bartholomew County Jail for a drunken driving conviction. Simpson was intoxicated when he reported to the jail to serve his weekend stay, prompting officers initially to place him in a holding cell. After they thought he was sober, they assigned him to an upper bunk in a two-person cell, even though he was obviously obese. While sleeping, Simpson went into convulsions and fell off the bunk on to the hard concrete floor. He died from his injuries.
His estate sued six…
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