Forbes v. Edgar

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1997-04-18

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TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge. When Lisa Forbes entered the Dwight Correctional Center as a prisoner in 1987 her Mantoux skin test for tuberculosis was negative. Tests for several years thereafter were also negative. A test administered in August 1992, however, was positive. Drawing an obvious conclusion, Forbes contends that she came in contact with the tubercle bacilli at Dwight. Her next conclusion is a bigger leap: she…

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