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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
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 ...
Filed under:
Workplace Injury,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Skeletal Injury,
Eighth Amendment,
Civil Procedure,
Complaints,
Service.
Location:
Arizona.
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