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ROSS v. U.S.

No. 89-3318.

910 F.2d 1422 (1990)

Ollie Belle ROSS, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of William Ross, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, County of Lake in State of Illinois, Clinton O. Grinnell, Sheriff of Lake County, Gordon Johnson, Deputy Sheriff, City of Waukegan, Waukegan Fire Department and Paramedics, and Waukegan Lifeguards, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest L. Ingram, Kalish & Associates, Victor Potysman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel P. Field, Louis W. Brydges, Sr., Brydges, Riseborough, Morris, Franke & Miller, Waukegan, Ill., Nicholas Anaclerio, Jr., Darrell S. Dudzik, Brydges, Riseborough, Morris, Franke & Miller, Chicago, Ill., for County of Lake in State of Ill., Robert H. Babcock and Gordon Johnson.

Robert S. Markin, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for City of Waukegan.

Jeffrey D. Colman, Robert S. Markin, Glenn K. Seidenfeld, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for Waukegan Fire Dept. and Paramedics and Waukegan Lifeguards.

Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty., Gillum Ferguson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for U.S.

Before WOOD, Jr., and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and CRABB, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied October 10, 1990.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The allegations in the plaintiff's complaint portray a stunning abuse of governmental power. Because we review this case after successful motions for summary judgment and for dismissal of the complaint, we have taken the facts in the light most favorable to the nonmoving plaintiff and have drawn all possible inferences in her favor. Thus, we have outlined the facts...

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