Stewart v. Taft.

• Position: MEDICAL CARE - Violation of United States Constitution. 8th Amendment - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

CONTAGIOUS DISEASE

FAILURE TO PROVIDE CARE

Stewart v. Taft, 235 F.Supp.2d 763 (N.D.Ohio 2002). A prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against a Governor and other state officials, claiming that delays in testing the prison population for tuberculosis and deficiencies in preventive treatment after he tested positive for the disease, violated his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court granted judgment in favor of the officials. The court held that the Governor and other high-ranking officials lacked the necessary direct involvement in the inmate's case to be held liable. The court found that prison medical personnel were not deliberately...