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No Qualified Immunity for Denial of Medical Care
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1993, page 9
George Cornelious was assaulted and badly beaten in Jefferson City, MO. While receiving treatment at a local hospital he was arrested due to an outstanding warrant. The treating doctor gave the arresting police a head injury monitoring sheet on which to chart and monitor his care. At 3:40 AM police ...
Filed under:
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Brain Injury,
Qualified Immunity,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
Missouri.
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