×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Limited Interlocutory Appeals in Medical Cases
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1996, page 4
The court of appeals for the eighth circuit held that the law is clearly established that a heart transplant patient is entitled to reasonable medical care. Whether he actually received that care was a factual question it lacked jurisdiction to answer. In 1985 Edward Miller received a heart transplant. In ...
Filed under:
Cardiovascular,
Transplants,
Civil Procedure,
Appeals,
Expert Witnesses,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Missouri.
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- IMU Placement Implicates Due Process
- Denial of Disciplinary Witnesses Upheld
- Limited Interlocutory Appeals in Medical Cases
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- A Matter of Fact
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, by John Midgley
- Mass Transfer Madness, by Willie Wisely
- CBCC Struggle Ongoing
- Phone Activist Seeks Info
- Thanks from Thailand, by Jackie Sample
- The Price of Freedom, by B.E.
- From the Home Front, by Kate
- Armed Guards in Illinois, by J.M.
- Un-Happy Meals in Kansas, by G.C.
- Elizabeth Alexander Named Director of ACLU National Prison Project
- Washington Death Row Prisoners Get Habeas TRO
- Florida Utilities Commission Refunds Phone Kickbacks
- Texas Prisoners Build Their Own Cages
- Challenging Evil That Ills This Society, by Ed Kinane
- Iowa State Court Rules on Forfeiture, by Michael Brant
- BOP Phone Suit Settled, by Paul Wright
- $43,410 in Attorney Fees Awarded in PC Case
- NSP Double Celling Order Vacated
- Supreme Court Closes Double Jeopardy Door, by Jeffrey Steinborn
- Warden Caught in Sex Sting
- Rhode Island Fee Violates Ex Post Facto
- Prisoner Has Right to Hunger Strike, by James Quigley
- Asbestos Exposure Violates Eighth Amendment
- News in Brief
- Job Denial Based on HIV Status May Violate ADA
More from these topics:
- Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Arkansas Jailers Who Ignored Detainee’s Spider Bite, March 1, 2025. Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Missouri Guards in Transgender Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Retaliation and Unreasonable Search, Jan. 15, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Retaliatory Searches, Qualified Immunity, Discrimination (Transgender), Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Third Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Pennsylvania Guards Who Pepper-Sprayed Asthmatic Prisoner, Nov. 15, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Qualified Immunity, Guards/Staff, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Guard Accused of Assaulting Restrained and Compliant Prisoner, Nov. 15, 2024. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Iowa Qualified Immunity Law Lets County Off the Hook for Guard’s Sex Abuse of Jail Detainee, Oct. 15, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- First Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Massachusetts Officials Who Held Prisoner in Solitary for Two Years Without Hearing, Sept. 15, 2024. Qualified Immunity, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Hearings.
- The Catch-22 of Qualified Immunity, Aug. 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Third Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Pennsylvania Jail Guards and PrimeCare in Detainee’s Overdose Death, July 1, 2024. Primecare Medical, Drug Overdose, Qualified Immunity, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
- Eighth Circuit Largely Restores Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jail Guards in Use of Force on Bipolar Prisoner, July 1, 2024. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Eighth Circuit Says Lower Court “Tilted the Scales Too Far” for Jailers in Missouri Detainee’s Fatal Overdose, May 1, 2024. Drug Overdose, Qualified Immunity.