STOCKBERGER v. U.S.

No. 02-3651.

332 F.3d 479 (2003)

Lynne STOCKBERGER, both personally and as the representative of Maurice Stockberger, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Williams (argued), Mann, Chaney, Johnson, Goodwin & Williams, Terre Haute, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey L. Hunter (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the United States. Maurice Stockberger, an employee of the federal prison at Terre Haute, Indiana, was an insulin-dependent diabetic and known to be such by his coworkers — many of whom, indeed, were medical workers. He had hypoglycemic episodes (episodes in which his blood sugar would fall...

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