DAWSON v. MILWAUKEE HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 90-2902.

930 F.2d 1283 (1991)

William DAWSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MILWAUKEE HOUSING AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Backes, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey Schmeckpeper, Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, FLAUM, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

William Dawson and Merrill Derosier did not get along. They disagreed about whether Dawson should remain friends with a particular woman. The irascible Derosier had a reputation for violence. He made good on that reputation the evening of December 22, 1987, when he shot Dawson in the abdomen. Dawson spent the next ten months in a hospital and will never recover fully.

Derosier is in no position to make good Dawson's losses. Both...

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