Cobige v. City of Chicago

Record contained sufficient evidence to support jury's verdict in favor of plaintiff-prisoner's estate in section 1983 action alleging that defendants-prison officials were deliberately indifferent to prisoner's medical needs by denying her multiple requests for medical care, which led to her death. However, defendants were entitled to new damages hearing since Dist. Ct. had erred in denying defendants' attempt to introduce evidence of prisoner's drug addiction and arrest record to counter prior testimony of prisoner's son, who stated that prisoner was solid role model.