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Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Alleging Dental Care Negligence
by David M. Reutter
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed June 18, 2020 the grant of summary judgment for defendants in a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging deliberate indifference to his dental infection.
Illinois prisoner Aaron Murphy had a molar in his upper-left jaw extracted on May 4, ...
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