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Seventh Circuit Vacates Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute; $50,000 + Fees Awarded Following Remand

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2009 published in Prison Legal News August, 2009, page 36

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Work, Workplace Injury, Sanctions, Expert Witnesses. Location: Illinois.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit for failure to prosecute. The appellate court found the severe sanction of dismissal was not justified.

Illinois prisoner Amilcar Gabriel sustained second- and third-degree burns while working in the kitchen at the Big Muddy ...

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