Cooper v. Office of Sheriff of Will County.

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U.S. District Court

MEDICAL CARE

Cooper v. Office of Sheriff of Will County, 333 F.Supp.2d 728 (N.D.Ill. 2004). A pretrial detainee's surviving father brought an action against a county, sheriff, and deputies after his son died as the result of an asthma attack while he was incarcerated. The district court held that state law did not preclude the possibility of respondeat superior liability on the sheriff for a deputy's intentional or willful conduct. According to the court, the father's allegations were sufficient to state a [section] 1983 claim against the deputies based on deliberate indifference to the detainee's serious medical condition. The court noted that the central allegation in the complain was that...