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· 4/12/2017

Donofrio Ex Rel. Donofrio v. Rockville Centre Union Free School District

Citations

  • 2017 NY Slip Op 2774
  • 149 A.D.3d 805
  • 52 N.Y.S.3d 378

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that disagreement with treatment does not constitute deliberate indifference
  • explaining that “the WPATH Standards of Care reflect not consensus, but merely one side in a sharply contested medical debate”
  • explaining that “the WPATH Standards of Care reflect not consensus, but merely one side in a sharply contested medical debate”
  • noting that “the WPATH Standards of Care reflect not consensus, but merely one side in a sharply contested medical debate”
  • rejecting a claim of deliberate indifference where the inmate could not show a “consensus in the medical community” about a particular course of treatment
  • “[T]he WPATH Standards of Care reflect not consensus, but merely one side in a sharply contested medical debate over [GCS].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Rivera, Hall, Roman, Nelson

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