BROWNELL v. FIGEL

No. 90-3160.

950 F.2d 1285 (1991)

Donald W. BROWNELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dan FIGEL, G.J. Roth, Steve McAllister, T. Bird, J. Bickel, Adams Township, Barry Gerig, as Trustee of Adams Township, S. McAllister, and T. Schulz, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Thompson, Peebles, Thompson, Rogers & Skekloff, Charles W. McNagny, argued, Fort Wayne, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

David R. Steiner, Jim Fenton, James P. Posey, Beers, Mallers, Backs, Salin & Larmore, Alan VerPlanck, Gary J. Rickner, John Lyons, argued, Barrett & McNagny, John O. Feighner, Haller & Colvin, Fort Wayne, Ind., for Daniel L. Figel.

David R. Steiner, Jim Fenton, James P. Posey, Beers, Mallers, Backs, Salin & Larmore, John O. Freighner, Haller & Colvin, Fort Wayne, Ind., for G.J. Roth.

David R. Steiner, Jim Fenton, James P. Posey, Beers, Mallers, Backs, Salin & Larmore, Alan VerPlanck, Gary J. Rickner, John Lyons, Barrett & McNagny, John O. Freighner, Haller & Colvin, Fort Wayne, Ind., for J. Bickel.

David R. Steiner, Jim Fenton, Robert T. Keen, Jr., Miller, Carson & Boxberger, James P. Posey, Beers, Mallers, Backs, Salin & Larmore, Alan VerPlanck, Gary J. Rickner, John Lyons, Barrett & McNagny, John O. Feighner, Haller & Colvin, Fort Wayne, Ind., for Barry Gerig.

Jim Fenton, Edward L. Murphy, Jr., argued, Miller, Carson & Boxberger, Alan VerPlanck, John Lyons, Barrett & McNagny, Fort Wayne, Ind., for S. McAllister and T. Schulz.

David R. Steiner, Jim Fenton, Robert T. Keen, Jr., Edward Murphy, Jr., Miller, Carson & Boxberger, Fort Wayne, Ind., for Adams Township.

Before CUDAHY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and ROSZKOWSKI, Senior District Judge.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Driving under the influence of alcohol, Donald W. Brownell collided with a guardrail in the wee hours of the morning. County officials delivered him to the hospital and then to the county lockup, where he awoke the next morning a quadriplegic. Brownell alleges that sometime during that morning, the sheriff, the police, the emergency medical technicians (E.M.T.), and the county jailors engaged in conduct responsible for his condition. Pursuant...

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