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Sixth Circuit Reverses Judgment for EMSA Physician, Remands for Trial
Loaded on May 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2006, page 29
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a grant of summary judgment to a physician employed by EMSA Correctional Care, Inc (EMSA) in an Ohio pretrial detainees inadequate medical care claim.
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
EMSA,
Injury -- Misc.,
Muscular,
Contractor Liability.
Location:
Ohio.
On October 5th or 6th, 1998, James Johnson II severely cut his hand after tripping on a concrete ...
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