Johnson v. Karnes.

• Position: PRETRIAL DETENTION - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

MEDICAL CARE

Johnson v. Karnes, 398 F.3d 868 (6th Cir. 2005). A detainee who had severely cut his hand immediately prior to his arrest brought a civil rights action alleging violation of his right to adequate medical care during his incarceration. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of all defendants, and the detainee appealed. A divided appeals court affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded. The court held that summary judgment was precluded due to genuine issues of fact as to whether a jail doctor had knowledge of the detainee's fully severed tendons, whether the doctor disregarded the...