Gobert v. Caldwell

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “deliberate indifference exists wholly independent of an optimal standard of care”
• noting “the decision whether to provide additional treatment is a classic example of a matter for medical judgment” that does not establish deliberate indifference (internal quotations and citation omitted)
• applying the deliberate indifference standard to a cruel and unusual punishment claim
• “[K]nowledge of the health risk inherent in the type of wound establishes the requisite awareness.”
• “[K]nowledge of the health risk inherent in the type of wound establishes the requisite awareness.”
• multiple examinations and administered medications do not constitute deliberate indifference

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).