David Williams v. James Liefer, Brent Hoffman, and James Massey

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• holding that a plaintiff must \offer 'verifying medical evidence' that the delay (rather than the inmate's underlying condition) caused some degree of harm\
• holding that a combination of the plaintiff's testimony and his medical records amounted to verifying medical evidence that a delay in treatment caused his injury
• concluding that a prisoner’s medical No. 09-1375 9 records were sufficient to find that a delay in responding to complaints of chest pain caused unnecessary pain and elevated blood pressure
• holding that it was for jury to decide whether delay in medical assistance to hypertensive inmate caused harm where there was evidence “that the delay unnecessarily prolonged and exacerbated [his] pain and unnecessarily prolonged his high blood pressure”
• holding that it was for jury to decide whether delay in medical assistance to hypertensive inmate caused harm where there was evidence “that the delay unnecessarily prolonged and exacerbated [his] pain and unnecessarily prolonged his high blood pressure”
• stating that plaintiff must “offer ‘verifying medical evidence’ that the delay (rather than the inmate's underlying condition) caused some degree of harm”

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