Sulton v. Wright.

• Position: Cases of medical care - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

DELAY IN CARE

TRANSFER

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE

Sulton v. Wright, 265 F.Supp.2d 292 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). A prison inmate sued physicians and a state corrections department's medical director, alleging that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated when surgery to repair his torn knee ligaments was delayed for four years. The district court denied qualified immunity for the defendants. The court held that the inmate stated a claim of deliberate indifference against the physicians, and against the medical director...