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MURPHY v. SMITH

No. 15-3384.

844 F.3d 653 (2016)

Charles MURPHY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert SMITH and Gregory Fulk, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 21, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fabian John Rosati , Attorney, Law Office of Fabian J. Rosati, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mary Ellen Welsh , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Bauer, Manion, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff Charles Murphy was an inmate in the Vandalia Correctional Center in Illinois. On July 25, 2011, correctional officers hit Murphy, fracturing part of his eye socket, and left him in a cell without medical attention. Murphy sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state-law theories. A jury awarded him damages on some...

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