Rogers v. Union Benevolent Society No. 2

How courts have described this case

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

• cold-like symptoms resulting from asbestos inhalation not a serious medical need under the Eighth Amendment
• “[P]laintiff[’s] . . . cold-like symptoms . . . were not sufficiently serious to invoke the protections of the Eighth Amendment.”
• “[P]laintiff went to the clinic with cold-like symptoms for which he was given cough syrup and eye solution. Hence, his immediate medical needs were not sufficiently serious to invoke the protections of the Eighth Amendment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).