COLLIGNON v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY

No. 98-1711.

163 F.3d 982 (1998)

Barbara Ann COLLIGNON and Marc Collignon, Executor of the Estate of Jonathan Collignon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Grace Downing, Joseph Lofy, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied January 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence G. Albrecht (argued), First, Months, Albrecht, Bangert & Novotnak, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Timothy R. Karaskiewicz (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees Milwaukee County and Grace Downing.

Gregg T. Heidenreich (argued), Stilp & Cotton, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees Joseph Lofy and Patrick Dunn.

Before FLAUM, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied January 12, 1999.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Jonathan Collignon, like many people with a mental illness, was able to lead a productive life while on his prescribed medication. But when he stopped taking his medication his schizophrenia returned. He was arrested for damaging property and placed in the Milwaukee County Jail. After 17 days, he was released on bail to his parents. Shortly thereafter he was temporarily...

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