Does gross negligence in a medical malpractice case constitute a civil rights violation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Harper v. Sacramento Cnty. Sheriff's Office, No. 2:15-cv-2606 KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
Moreover, if a particular individual was negligent in making such medical decision, such negligence fails to rise to the level of a civil rights violation. Even gross negligence is insufficient to establish deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. See Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1334 (9th Cir. 1990).
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