Stephen E. Carswell, Cross-Appellant v. Bay County, Lavelle Pitts, William Grigsby, Graham Belz, Thomas G. Merrill, Cross-Appellees

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• holding that jail personnel who are aware of an inmate’s need for medical care but fail to provide it act with deliberate indifference
• holding that the failure to provide medical care in the face of a known, serious medical need constitutes deliberate indifference
• holding that, after specific requests for medical attention, the failure to provide medical care for an inmate who suffered from a skin rash, constipation, and significant weight loss constituted deliberate indifference
• holding that, after specific requests for medical attention, the failure to provide medical care for an inmate suffering from a “rash, constipation[,] and significant weight loss” amounted to deliberate indifference
• holding that a jail administrator who observed an inmate’s “deteriorating condition” and received a request for medical attention from the inmate could be found deliberately indifferent for doing nothing to ensure that the inmate received medical attention
• affirming a jury’s finding of deliberate indifference because there was sufficient evidence to reach that conclusion

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