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Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Tennessee Prisoner’s Medical Claim

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's dismissal for failure to state a claim, in a Tennessee prisoner's inadequate medical care suit.

On June 26, 2004, Shelby County, Tennessee, detainee Robert Lee Barnett became ill when Nurse Terrie inadvertently administered another prisoner's Dilantin, an anti-seizure medication, rather ...

 

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