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Long-term Negligence Might State a Deliberate Indifference Claim
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1990
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1990, page 5
A state prisoner alleged that he suffered from chronic foot problems and that prison officials refused to provide him with adequate medical care, thereby inflicting cruel and unusual punishment. The trial court dismissed the complaint. The U.S. Court of Appeals reversed for further proceedings. It held that the complaint alleged ...
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