Case Result: Three Physicians Granted Summary Judgment in Prison Death Case

Areas of Law:
42 USC § 1983 — Deliberate Indifference
Correctional Healthcare

Venue:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Verdict:
Summary judgment granted

Details:
The Court granted a Motion for Summary Judgment in this 42 USC § 1983 deliberate indifference case. It involved a prisoner who died from an atypical abdominal aortic aneurysm after having seen multiple medical providers over the course of many months with nonspecific gastrointestinal complaints. The three doctor defendants were determined to be not deliberately indifferent to Plaintiff’s decedent, because the doctors assessed and treated the nonspecific symptoms that the patient exhibited.

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