In Zaworski v. City of Joliet, the plaintiff, Michael Zaworksi, fell off his bicycle while riding in his residential neighborhood. Zaworski alleged in his Complaint that, on July 23, 2015, his bike hit a small hole, several inches wide and several inches deep, in the roadway and that he was thrown over the handlebars of…
Read MoreIn L.P. v. Marion Catholic High School, the Seventh Circuit considered a discrimination claim filed under Section 1983 by students at Marion Catholic High School. The seven high school student-plaintiffs, six African-American and one white, alleged that their school was conducting improper random drug tests, in violation of the Constitution and federal statutes. Although Marian…
Read MoreIn Key v. Juegens, et al., a jail inmate, Dajuan Key, alleged that defendant correctional officers and a social worker violated his rights based on his living conditions in his cell and their failure to provide him with mental health services while he was on suicide watch for 9 days. U.S. District Court Judge James…
Read MoreIn Stevens v. Bukowski et al., a jail inmate alleged that the County Sheriff, Chief of Corrections, and certain correctional officers failed to protect him from an altercation with another inmate. He also alleged that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by delaying his medical treatment a matter of hours. U.S….
Read MoreIn a long-awaited decision, the United States Supreme Court on March 21, 2017, decided that pretrial detainees may challenge the legality of their pretrial detentions under the Fourth Amendment after a probable cause determination has been made. This decision has the potential for greatly expanding the already large liability risks that police officers face in…
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