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Court Supports Supervisory Liability Claim

Loaded on Dec. 15, 1991 published in Prison Legal News December, 1991, page 2
Filed under: Private Prisons, Health Management Associates, Surgery, Hernias, Supervisory Liability, Contractor Liability. Location: Arkansas.
James Johnson, a prisoner at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, appealed from the district court's dismissal of his §1983 complaint. The complaint alleged that Johnson suffered an inguinal hernia, which was diagnosed in January 1984. The prison doctor recommended surgery to repair the hernia, and said ...

 

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