Mace v. City of Palestine.

• Position: Medical care case - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

MEDICAL CARE

Mace v. City of Palestine, 333 F.3d 621 (5th Cir. 2003). The estate of a suspect who was fatally injured during a standoff with police officers brought a [section] 1983 action. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants and the estate appealed. The appeals court affirmed. The court held that a police chief's decision to require an officer to drive an ambulance, so that both medical personnel could attend to the wounded suspect during the drive to the hospital, did not violate the suspect's due process...