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ESTATE OF SIMPSON v. GORBETT

No. 16-2899.

863 F.3d 740 (2017)

ESTATE OF Dennis SIMPSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mark E. GORBETT, James Tindell, Jared Williams, Johnny York, Travis Harbaugh, and Cory Lehman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan C. Little , Attorney, Jessica Ann Wegg , Attorney, Saeed & Little, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Crystal G. Rowe , Attorney, Robert Jeffrey Lowe , Attorney, Kightlinger & Gray LLP, New Albany, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Bauer and Rovner, Circuit Judges.

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...

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