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Dismissal of Medical Claim Reversed After Prisoner's Death
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2000, page 26
The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed a lawsuit, filed by the estate of a Wyoming prisoner, that claimed prison officials showed a deliberate indifference to his medical needs relating to diabetes and hypertension.
Filed under:
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Cardiovascular,
Blood,
Diabetes,
Frivolous Litigation,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Wyoming.
In 1996, Wyoming prisoner Jody Mapp …
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