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Deliberate Indifference Standard in Medical Cases Explained

Loaded on Jan. 15, 1993 published in Prison Legal News January, 1993, page 5
Filed under: Workplace Injury, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skeletal Injury, Eighth Amendment, Civil Procedure, Complaints, Service. Location: Arizona.
John McGuckin is an Arizona state prisoner. In 1986 he was injured while in a prison camp. He did not receive medical treatment for his injuries, which by now included massive herniation of his back and upper torso, until 1989, three and a half years later. He filed suit claiming ...

 

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