U.S. Appeals Court: PRIVATE PROVIDER QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.

Hinson v. Edmond, 192 F.3d 1342(11th Cir. 1999). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a jail's medical director who was an employee of a private, for-profit company that had contracted with the county to provide medical services to the jail. The district court denied the medical director's motion for summary judgment and he appealed. The appeals court affirmed and remanded the case. The appeals court held that a privately employed...