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Medical Indifference Suit Requires New Trial
Loaded on March 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1995, page 8
William Hathaway is a New York state prisoner. In 1973 he underwent hip fusion surgery and had three metal pins inserted into his left hip joint. He continued to experience pain after the surgery and in 1977 sought medical assistance from Dr. Schlesinger, the prison doctor. Schlesinger found one of …
Filed under:
Medical,
Podiatry,
Skeletal Disorder,
Expert Witnesses,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
New York.
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