Lutz v. Smith.

• Position: MEDICAL CARE - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

Lutz v. Smith, 180 F.Supp.2d 941 (N.D.Ohio 2001). A man who was arrested for domestic violence brought a [section] 1983 action against a sheriff and others alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs while he was in custody. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court found no violation in the actions of the sheriff's staff when they declined to accompany the arrestee in an ambulance that transported him from the jail to a hospital to treat him for an overdose of medication he ingested before he was...