Riccardo v. Rausch.

• Position: Sexual assault case - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSSAULT

Riccardo v. Rausch, 375 F.3d 521 (7th Cir. 2004). A prisoner brought a civil rights suite against a state prison guard for assigning a new cellmate who sexually assaulted the prisoner. Following a jury trial, judgment was entered in the inmate's favor and the jury awarded $1.5 million in compensatory damages. The guard appealed. The appeals court reversed, finding that evidence was insufficient to show that...