Farrow v. West.

PositionMEDICAL CARE - Deliberate indifference to medical need - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

DENTAL CARE

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

Farrow v. West, 320 F.3d 1235 (11th Cir. 2003). A state prisoner brought a pro se [section] 1983 action against a dentist, nurse and the dentist's supervisor, alleging that the defendants' 15-month delay in providing him with dentures constituted deliberate indifference to his serious medical need. The district court granted judgment in favor of the defendants and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, vacated and reversed in part. The...

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