Legal Opinion
Christopher Pyles v. Magid Fahim
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 13, 2014No. 14-1752PublishedCited by 1,235 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Christopher Pyles, an Illinois prisoner, injured his back when he slipped on wet stairs at Menard Correctional Center. Mr, Pyles sometimes used those stairs when showering, and a month before his fall he had alerted the warden, Donald Gaetz, that this stairway can be treacherous because of the water tracked from the nearby showers. Mr. Pyles contends, in this action under 42 U.S.G. § 1983, that Warden Gaetz was deliberately indifferent to the hazard, and that Wexford Health Sources (‘Wexford”), which provides contract medical care to Menard inmates, and a Wexford…
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