LIPSEY v. U.S.

No. 17-1063.

879 F.3d 249 (2018)

John LIPSEY, Individually and as Father and Next Friend of J.L., a Disabled Minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 4, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis T. Schoen , Attorney, Jennie E. Miskell , Attorney, Dennis T. Schoen , P.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William Ernest Havemann , Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for United States of America.

Yordana Wysocki , Attorney, Jason W. Rose , Attorney, Michael W. Condon , Attorney, Hervas, Condon & Bersani, Itasca, IL, for Kankakee County, Illinois, a body politic, Michael Downey, Heather Gill, RN, Timothy Menard, Defendants-Appellees.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal, John Lipsey seeks relief on behalf of his minor daughter J.L., for tragic injuries suffered by J.L. at birth. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants, and Lipsey appeals that determination.

The facts underlying the grant of summary judgment are set forth in detail in the district...

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