Al-Turki v. Robinson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the plaintiff’s “several hours of untreated severe pain” were “sufficient to satisfy the objective prong of the deliberate indifference test”
• finding that untreated severe pain causing collapse, vomiting, and fear of death lasting for several hours is a serious medical need
• observing that “substantial harm” can also be established by showing “an intermediate injury, such as the pain experienced while waiting for treatment and analgesics”
• stating that the objective component is satisfied where the pain experienced during the delay is substantial
• noting that “an intermediate injury, such as the pain experienced while waiting for treatment and analgesics” may constitute “substantial harm”
• stating that pain satisfied the objective prong when the inmate collapsed, vomited, and suffered severe abdominal pain over a period of five hours

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).