McCANN v. OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

No. 17-3139.

909 F.3d 881 (2018)

Valerie McCANN, Special Administrator of the Estate of Patrick J. McCann, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OGLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 30, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Joseph Macchitelli , Attorney, Schaumburg, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael D. Bersani , Glenn David Mathues , Attorneys, Hervas, Condon & Bersani, Itasca, IL, K. Austin Zimmer , Attorney, Del Galdo Law Group, LLC, Berwyn, IL, Thomas G. DiCianni , Attorney, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Bauer, Hamilton, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Patrick McCann died from a doctor's over-prescription of methadone while detained and awaiting trial at the Ogle County Correctional Center. His estate brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Ogle County and a host of county officials and other individuals, including the doctor and nurse who cared for McCann while...

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