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· 1/16/1998

Hemmings v. Gorczyk

Citations

  • 134 F.3d 104
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 588

How courts have described this case

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

  • refusing to dismiss case despite fact that plaintiff did receive some medical treatment
  • “Hemmings has alleged facts that could potentially show, upon further development, that his” injury involving a ruptured achilles tendon “was sufficiently painful to satisfy the objective prong of the deliberate indifference test under the Eighth Amendment.”
  • claim that symptoms of severe injury were easily observable and “classic” sufficient to survive motion to dismiss on subjective prong

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