WILLIAMS v. LIEFER

No. 06-3493.

491 F.3d 710 (2007)

David WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James LIEFER, Brent Hoffman, and James Massey, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Ann Hofherr Bruch (argued), O'Halloran, Kosoff, Geitner & Cook, Northbrook, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Brett E. Legner (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

David Williams sued several employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that they were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. On July 5, 2006, a jury returned a verdict in favor of Williams and awarded him $4,500 in compensatory damages. The defendants appeal, claiming that they were entitled to judgment as a matter of law. For the following...

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