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Illinois Prisoner’s Negligence Lawsuit Alleging Injuries from Wart Treatment Timely Filed
by David M. Reutter
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of state law negligence claims based upon a prisoner being forced to self-apply a medication that was not supposed to be dispensed to patients. The court, however, affirmed the dismissal of a deliberate indifference claim.
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