Burleson v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice.

• Position: MEDICAL CARE - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

WORK ASSIGNMENT

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

Burleson v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, 393 F.3d 577 (5th Cir. 2004). A prison inmate brought a civil rights action alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his health when they allowed him to weld with thoriated tungsten electrodes during the two years he worked as a welder at a prison stainless steel plant. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the inmate and the inmate appealed. The...