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Deliberate Indifference Among Claims Surviving Dismissal in Detainee’s Death

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2013

Filed under: Respiratory, Diabetes, Excessive Force, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness). Location: Florida.

A federal court granted in part and denied in part three Motions for Summary Judgment from a prison health care provider, a sheriff, and guards, concerning a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the wife of a pretrial detainee.

The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida considered three Motions for ...

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