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California: State May Be Liable for Delaying Medical Care to Prisoner’s Infant Child
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2011
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2011, page 14
The California Court of Appeal has held that the State may be vicariously liable for the acts or omissions of its employees in failing to provide needed medical care for an infant living with its mother in a private, community-based correctional facility operating under a contract with the California Department ...
Filed under:
Respiratory,
Private Contractors,
Failure to Treat,
Federal Statutory Law,
Federal Tort Claims Act,
Municipal Liability,
Contractor Liability,
Mothers in Prison.
Location:
California.
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