THOMPSON v. COPE

Nos. 17-3060, 18-1223.

900 F.3d 414 (2018)

Billie THOMPSON, as personal representative of the Estate of Dusty Heishman, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lance COPE, Defendant-Appellant. Billie Thompson, as personal representative of the Estate of Dusty Heishman, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lance Cope and Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Leroy Barnhart , Attorney, Brooke Smith, Attorney, Keffer Barnhart LLP, Suite 400, 230 E. Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Bryan H. Babb , Attorney, Philip R. Zimmerly , Attorney, Mary M. Ruth Feldhake , Attorney, Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP, Suite 2700, 111 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46204-0000, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Flaum, Manion, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


We address here two interlocutory appeals in a case stemming from the death of Dusty Heishman. In Indianapolis in October 2014, Heishman was high on amphetamines and running around naked in the street. Police responded and tried to subdue him. A paramedic arrived on the scene and administered a sedative to Heishman so he...

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