Is there any case law supporting deliberate indifference in the context of medical malpractice?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Moody v. Finander, CASE NO. 09-CV-0892-LAB (BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2011):
Moreover, a difference of opinion between medical professionals concerning the appropriate course of inmate treatment or care is not enough, by itself, to support a claim of deliberate indifference. Sanchez v. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 242 (9th Cir. 1989). Nor does a
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