Dean v. Coughlin

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “dental needs” accompanied by, inter alia, pain, discomfort, and “serious health consequences” constitute “serious medical needs as the law defines that term”
• concluding that where pain and discomfort are alleged “restorative services” such as filling cavities, doing root canal work, and crowning broken teeth are “serious medical needs as the law defines that term”
• “Even if prison officials give inmates access to treatment, they may still be deliberately indifferent to inmates’ needs if they fail to provide prescribed treatment.”
• “Inmates’ . . . dental needs—for fillings, crowns, and the like—are serious medical needs as the law defines that term.”
• “Even if prison officials give inmates access to treatment, they may still be deliberately indifferent to inmates’ needs if they fail to provide prescribed treatment.”
• “In- mates’ [ ] dental needs [ ] for fillings, crowns, and the like [ ] are serious medical needs as the law defines the term.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).