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· 12/9/1980

Opinion No. 80-214 (1980) Ag

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  • holding that damaged teeth, bleeding, and pain caused by foreign objects in food was an objectively serious medical condition
  • finding that district court should not have dismissed claims about an “ongoing” problem of injuries suffered by inmates from biting into foreign objects in the food served in jail and the defendants failed to act
  • finding plaintiff’s complaint plausible even though some facts were alleged on information and belief
  • allegation that inmate was forced to wait six days for treatment for a broken tooth stated a claim for deliberate indifference
  • deliberate indifference shown by inexplicable delay of six days in treating broken teeth and serious pain caused by biting a rock in contaminated food
  • deliberate indifference shown by inexplicable delay of six days in treating serious dental pain and broken teeth caused by biting a rock in food

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Judges: JAN ERIC CARTWRIGHT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OKLAHOMA

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