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JEFFERSON v. SHEAHAN

No. 1-95-3161.

664 N.E.2d 212 (1996)

279 Ill. App.3d 74

215 Ill.Dec. 815

Anthony JEFFERSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael F. SHEAHAN, Sheriff of Cook County, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

March 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Patricia Shymanski, Allen Kirsh, Christine DeGraff Dawson, of counsel), for Appellant.

Fred Rabinowitz of Schaffner, Rabinowitz & Feinartz, P.C., Chicago (Beverly Fisher, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Anthony Jefferson (plaintiff), a former pretrial detainee at the Cook County Department of Corrections, brought an action against Sheriff Sheahan (defendant or Sheahan) to recover for injuries he received from a fellow detainee and which plaintiff alleged resulted from the willful and wanton conduct of Sheriff Sheahan in his failure to provide adequate personnel and supervision in the medical center of the Cook County...

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