Engelleiter v. Brevard County Sheriff's Dept.

• Position: Deliberate indifference to provide medical care - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

MEDICATION

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

Engelleiter v. Brevard County Sheriff's Dept., 290 F.Supp.2d 1300 (M.D.Fla. 2003). A pretrial detainee who as an insulin-dependent diabetic brought a civil rights action against a county sheriff's department, claiming deliberate indifference to his serious medical condition. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the department. The court held that even if jail officials were deliberately indifferent to the detainee's serious medical condition by giving...