By: Derek Hawkins//May 2, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Lois Marie Trask v. Edgar Rodriguez, et al
Case No.: 14-2601
Officials: POSNER, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Focus: False Arrest
Lois Trask was gambling at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, when she picked up a $20 bill from the casino floor. Casino personnel determined from security videos that another patron had dropped the cash, and for more than an hour Trask was detained and accused of being a thief. Claiming that the detention had violated her rights, she filed this suit under both 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Indiana tort law.
Affirmed