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· 11/5/1928

Griffith v. Slaybaugh

Citations

  • 29 F.2d 437
  • 58 App. D.C. 237
  • 1928 U.S. App. LEXIS 2700

How courts have described this case

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

  • discussing how obvious plaintiff’s symptoms needed to be to rise to level of deliberate indifference to serious medical need
  • “Mere differences of opinion . . . regarding a patient’s appropriate treatment do not give rise to deliberate indifference.”
  • “Mere differences of opinion among medical personnel regarding a patient’s appropriate treatment do not give rise to deliberate indifference.”
  • “Mere differences of opinion among medical personnel regarding a patient’s appropriate treatment do not give rise to deliberate indifference.”
  • “Mere differences of opinion among medical personnel regarding a patient’s appropriate treatment do not give rise to deliberate indifference.”
  • deliberate indifference may be inferred when the medical professional’s decision is such a substantial departure from accepted judgement, practice, or standards as to demonstrate the person did not base the decision on sound judgment

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Judges: Orsdel

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