United States Seventh Circuit

Judgment to plaintiff affirmed where surety has not demonstrated that defendant's disappearance may be attributed to the incremental risk associated with the change in conditions, as opposed to the original risk associated with posting bond for a defendant with an established propensity for flight.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/31/2003
• Decided 11/17/2003
• Published 11/17/2003

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frederick F. Cohn (argued), Chicago, IL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Madeleine S. Murphy (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Daniel G. Martin, Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendant.