101280P.pdf   04/26/2011  Phillip David Schaub  v.  Steven VonWald
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  10-1280
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Smith and Beam, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - civil rights. District court's findings that defendant
   deliberately disregarded plaintiff's serious medical needs while plaintiff
   was detained at the Olmstead County Adult Detention Center were
   supported by sufficient evidence; defendant, the director of the facility,
   knew there was a substantial risk to plaintiff's health if certain 
   precautions were not taken to deal with his needs as a paraplegic and
   defendant wrongfully assured the sentencing judge that the facility could
   accommodate those needs; further, defendant took no steps to follow up
   on the situation after he had been personally involved in the decision-
   making regarding plaintiff's placement; defendant's deliberate indifference
   clearly exacerbated plaintiff's wounds and provided a basis for finding that
   defendant caused the injury; award of punitive damages was supported by
   evidence which showed the conduct involved callous or reckless
   indifference to plaintiff's medical needs; defendant failed to meet his
   burden to establish his personal net worth, and the district court was not
   required to make findings regarding defendant's financial means before
   awarding $750,000 in punitive damages. Judge Beam, dissenting.