Jackson v. Kotter

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “medical professionals are not required to provide proper medical treatment to prisoners, but rather they must provide medical treatment that reflects professional judgment, practice, or standards”
• holding “same transaction or occurrence” requirement “obviously” met where plaintiff sought to add claim against the government after suing individuals officers for negligence
• holding “same transaction or occurrence” requirement “obviously” met where plaintiff sought to add claim against the government after suing individuals officers for negligence
• holding “same transaction or occurrence” requirement “obviously” met where plaintiff sought to add claim against the government after suing individuals officers for negligence
• holding medical professionals must “provide medical treatment that reflects ‘professional judgment, practice, or standards’”
• noting that the United States is only proper defendant in an FTCA claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).