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Leg Amputation Requires Trial
A federal district court in New York held that disputed factual issues requiring a trial existed as to whether prison and jail officials were deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's medical needs after a broken bone became infected, requiring the amputation of the prisoner's leg. See: Brown v. Coughlin, 758 F. ...
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