Collins Ex Rel. Campbell v. Bellinghausen

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Karen Collins, individually, and on behalf of the estate of her grandmother, Edna Mae Campbell, filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several state and local officials. 3 The appellants appeal from the denial of their respective motions for summary judgment. We reverse.

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Edna Campbell, born in 1904, was hospitalized in Lake City, Iowa, in March of 1992. The discharge summary prepared by her doctor noted that Campbell was suffering from a number of physical problems, including diabetes, CVA with left-sided hemiplegia, blindness secondary to CVA, and…