COBIGE v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILL.

No. 10-3728.

651 F.3d 780 (2011)

Maurice COBIGE, personally and as special representative of the estate of Patricia Cobige, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 12, 2011.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing September 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josh M. Friedman (argued), Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Julian Nunes Henriques, Jr. (argued), Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

While in a police lockup, Patricia Cobige died of a heart arrhythmia. She was arrested on June 10, 2006, and pronounced dead at about 1:30 A.M. on June 12. Evidence from one of Cobige's cellmates, plus two deputy sheriffs and a civilian aide at the lockup, permitted a jury to find that she experienced severe abdominal pain throughout her confinement. Dan J. Fintel, Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University and head of coronary care...

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