BEARD v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC.

No. 16-1763.

900 F.3d 951 (2018)

Donald E. BEARD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas John Pliura , Attorney, THOMAS J. PLIURA, M.D., J.D., P.C., LeRoy, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Craig L. Unrath , Attorney, HEYL, ROYSTER, VOELKER & ALLEN, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

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


Wexford Health Sources provides medical care to inmates in Illinois's prisons. Donald Beard, Jr., an inmate, experiences chronic ankle pain. In December 2010 he consulted with his prison's doctors about managing his condition. Beard wanted surgery, but the doctors ordered conservative...

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