Harriett G. Woodward, Special Administrator of the Estate of Justin Farver, Deceased v. Correctional Medical Services of Illinois, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2004-05-17

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TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge. After 23-year-old Justin Farver hanged himself with a bed sheet while a pretrial detainee at the Lake County (Illinois) jail, Harriett Woodward, his grandmother and the special administrator of his estate, sued Correctional Medical Services (“CMS,” a private contractor hired by Lake County to provide medical and mental health services at its jail…

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