Prisoner – 8th Amendment Violation

By: Derek Hawkins//November 18, 2019//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: George Walker v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al.

Case No.: 17-2821

Officials: FLAUM, SYKES, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Prisoner – 8^th Amendment Violation

George Walker is an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center. He has an incurable motor neuron disease called primary lateral sclerosis (“PLS”) that causes weakness in his voluntary muscles. Walker alleges that his healthcare providers at Stateville—Wexford Health Sources and Dr. Saleh Obaisi—were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs after he underwent spinal surgery in March 2011. Specifically, Walker alleges defendants failed to: (1) ensure he received proper follow-up care after his surgery, and (2) allowed undue delays in his treatment by outside experts. Defendants’ failures, he asserts, delayed his diagnosis and caused him to suffer from the undiagnosed PLS in the interim. Defendants successfully moved for summary judgment on all of Walker’s claims. We affirm.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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