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CHESS v. U.S.

No. 07 C 5333.

836 F.Supp.2d 742 (2011)

Joseph CHESS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

December 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominick L. Lanzito , Alicia A. Garcia , Christopher Paul Keleher , Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Samuel S. Miller , United States Attorney's Office, Chicago, IL, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.

On February 6, 2007, Joseph Chess, then an inmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center Chicago ("MCC"), suffered second-degree burns when another inmate, Jerome Adams, threw a cup of scalding water onto Chess's face and then physically assaulted him by hitting him with the cup and punching him. In September of 2007 Chess brought this action to recover for the injuries he sustained as...

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