What is the legal standard for deliberate indifference in medical malpractice?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Berg v. Guerra, Case No. 1:14-cv-01112-DAD-EPG-PC (E.D. Cal. 2016):
"Deliberate indifference is a high legal standard." Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1060 (9th Cir. 2004). "A showing of medical malpractice or negligence is insufficient to establish a constitutional deprivation under the Eighth Amendment. Id. at 1060. "[E]ven gross
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