Is gross negligence sufficient to constitute deliberate indifference to serious medical needs?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Brown v. United States, CASE NO. 1:11-CV-01562-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2012):
Farmer, 511 U.S. 825 at 837-42. 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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