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Damages Denied, Surgery Ordered in Prisoner Medical Claim

The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Missouri District Court's denial of damages in a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 medical claim but reversed the denial of equitable relief.

Van Johnson was a prisoner at the Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP). In 1978, Johnson was stabbed, severing two nerves in ...

 

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