What is the standard for a medical malpractice claim in the context of the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ford v. Jahangiri, No. 2:15-cv-2588 GEB DB P (E.D. Cal. 2018):
The Eighth Amendment standard is a high one - plaintiff must show more than "negligence" or "medical malpractice." Broughton, 622 F.2d at 460. "Even gross negligence is insufficient to establish deliberate indifference to serious medical needs." Lemire v. CDCR, 726
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