Jones v. Edguardo A. Consuegra's Estate.

• Position: MEDICAL CARE - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

Jones v. Edguardo A. Consuegra's Estate, 338 F.Supp.2d 1282 (M.D.Fla. 2004). A prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a prison health service and physicians, alleging denial of proper medical care. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court held that the physicians who treated the inmate did not act with deliberate indifference to the inmate's medical needs because they were responsive and timely...