Lavender v. Lampert.

• Position: MEDICAL CARE - Deliberate indifference to medical needs - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

Lavender v. Lampert, 242 F.Supp.2d 821 (D.Or. 2002). An inmate brought a [section] 1983 civil rights action asserting deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The district court held that the inmate's allegations supported his deliberate indifference claims against a prison superintendent and a health services manager. The inmate's medical needs arose from spastic...