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State Liable for Delay in Diagnosing and Treating Prisoner Injury
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1990
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1990, page 7
State Liable For Delay In Diagnosing And Treating Prisoner Injury
Filed under:
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Pain,
Muscular,
Premises Liability.
Location:
New York.
A New York state prisoner slipped on a wet flight of stairs and injured his right knee. During the next 3-1/2 years he continuously complained to prison officials of pain, swelling, and grinding of his injured knee. He was treated …
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