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· 5/12/1998

Richard S. Johnson v. Moises Quinones, M.D. Joseph Morris, O.D.

Citations

  • 145 F.3d 164
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 9487
  • 1998 WL 234201

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  • holding that defendant must have actual knowledge of a serious condition, not just knowledge of symptoms, and ignore known risk to serious condition to warrant finding of deliberate indifference
  • holding that defendant must have actual knowledge of a serious condition, not just knowledge of symptoms, and ignore known risk to serious condition to warrant finding of deliberate indifference
  • holding a defendant must have actual knowledge of a serious condition, not just knowledge of symptoms, and ignore known risk to serious condition to warrant finding of deliberate indifference
  • “[A]ny negligence or malpractice on the part of... doctors in missing [a] diagnosis does not, by itself, support an inference of deliberate indifference.”
  • “[A]ny negligence or malpractice on the part of . . . doctors in missing [a] diagnosis does not, by itself, support an inference of deliberate indifference.”
  • “[A]ny negligence or malpractice on the part of . . .doctors in missing [a] diagnosis does not, by itself, support an inference of deliberate indifference . . . .”

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Judges: Wilkinson, Niemeyer, Clarke, Eastern, Virginia

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