What is the test for alleging deliberate indifference in medical malpractice cases?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dasenbrock v. Enenmoh, 1:11-cv-01884-DAD-GSA-PC (E.D. Cal. 2017):
When a prisoner is alleging that the delay of medical treatment evinces deliberate indifference, the prisoner must show the delay caused significant harm, and that the defendants should have known such harm would occur. Hallett v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 746 (9th Cir. 2008).
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