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No Immunity for Delay of Medical Care
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1994, page 6
Willie Harris was a pretrial detainee in the Coweta County, Georgia, jail. When he was arrested his hand was injured by tight handcuffs. Upon arrival at the jail, on September 6, 1990, he requested treatment for the injury. He was seen by the jail nurse on September 28 and later ...
Filed under:
Medical,
Nervous System,
Injury -- Misc.,
Restraints,
Appeals,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Georgia.
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