DONALD v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC.

No. 19-3038.

982 F.3d 451 (2020)

James A. DONALD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., Anthony Carter, and Kurt Osmundson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Julie Ann Teuscher , Attorney, Cassiday Schade LLP, Chicago, IL, Joseph N. Rupcich , Attorney, Cassiday Schade LLP, Springfield, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Wexford Health Sources, Inc., and Kurt Osmundson.

Craig L. Unrath , Attorney, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Anthony Carrter.

Before Ripple, Kanne, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


When James Donald entered prison, he had two eyes. Now he has one. The immediate cause of the loss of his left eye was an aggressive bacterial infection, but Donald argues that the substandard care of two prison doctors is to blame. He sued the doctors (and one of their employers) for deliberate indifference under the Eighth...

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