U.S. appeals court: deliberate indifference failure to provide care.

• Position: Medical Care - Brief Article

Brown v. Missouri Dept. of Corrections, 353 F.3d 1038 (8th Cir. 2004). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action, alleging that officials were liable for injuries he received in an accident while en route to a correctional facility, for denying post-accident care, and for providing inadequate care. The district court dismissed the action and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. The court held that the inmate had sufficiently alleged [section] 1983 claims for deliberate indifference to his safety and deliberate indifference to his medical needs. The inmate alleged that he asked...