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· 6/30/2016

Ramirez v. Barsanti

Citations

  • 654 F. App'x 822

How courts have described this case

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

  • denying motion to dismiss where plaintiff supported allegations with a DOJ report regarding systemic failures in the jail's provision of medical care to inmates
  • declining “to dismiss the pendent state law claims against [the employer-defendant] that depend on the doctrine of respondeat superior,” even where the plaintiff’s § 1983 claims against that defendant were dismissed
  • “The doctrine of respon-deat superior renders a master vicariously liable for a tort committed by his servant while acting within the scope of his employment.”
  • Department of Justice (\DOJ\) CRIPA investigation of county jail documenting constitutionally deficient medical care
  • “[C]ourts in this Circuit sometimes find state action even in cases where the medical care was administered away from the prison.”
  • “The doctrine of respondeat superior renders a master vicariously liable for a tort committed by his servant while acting within the scope of his employment.”

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Judges: Bauer, Flaum, Kanne

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