The court affirmed summary judgment for the County defendants but reversed the judgment as a matter of law for the medical defendants on the claims concerning Gomes’s death, because the evidence could support findings that their inaction diminished her chance of survival and caused her death.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2018
Published opinions from 2018. The case name opens the case page.
2018 opinions
7th Cir.Mhammad Abu-Shawish, Petitioner-Appellant v. United States of America, Respondent-Appellee.
July 31, 2018898 F.3d 726
The Seventh Circuit vacated the dismissal of Abu-Shawish’s petition for a certificate of innocence because the district court demanded evidence at the pleading stage and ruled without giving him a meaningful opportunity to be heard.
7th Cir.Warren Johnson, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, Doing Business As…
June 8, 2018892 F.3d 887
The court affirmed summary judgment on the plaintiffs’ disparate-treatment claims because they did not produce evidence sufficient to show that comparable non-African-American employees received more favorable treatment.
The court affirmed dismissal of Richard Doermer's suit against Oxford because he lacked capacity under applicable state law to sue on behalf of the trust. The court also held that Kathryn was not an involuntary plaintiff, that the trust did not destroy diversity jurisdiction, and that appellate jurisdiction existed…