How have courts treated medical indifference claims in medical malpractice cases?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Williams v. Wasco State Prison, CASE NO. 1:14-cv-01714-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2015):
00184 WL 3635728, at *4 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 14, 2010)(two-day delay in treating hand injury gave rise to medical indifference claim); see also Brown v. Plata, 131 S.Ct. 1910, 1925-1926 (2011 )(citing examples of "severely deficient care" in California prisons, and noting that "many more prisoners, suffering from severe but not life-threatening conditions, experience prolonged illness and unnecessary pain").
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