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Georgia Prison Official Immune, Prison Nurse Not, in Prisoner's Suicide

Loaded on April 15, 2005 published in Prison Legal News April, 2005, page 33
Filed under: Medication, State Law Claims, Qualified Immunity, Mental Health, Suicides. Location: Georgia.
by Robert H. Woodman


The Court of Appeals of Georgia, Second Division, affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the Gwinnett Superior Court in a case brought against a prison official, a prison nurse, and other defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state tort law claims …

 

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