U.S. Appeals Court: MEDICAL CARE.

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Taylor v. Adams, 221 F.3d 1254 (11th dr. 2000). In an action arising from the death of a pretrial detainee, the district court denied summary judgment to three firemedics and a jail nurse and they appealed. The appeals court reversed and remanded. The appeals court held that the firemedics were not deliberately indifferent because they acted an whatever knowledge they had of the detainee's...