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Expert Testimony Fails to Prove Subjective Mental Intent of Psychiatrist

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that expert testimony does not
establish a psychiatrist's subjective mental intent in a prisoner's 42
U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate
indifference to serious medical needs. This action was brought by a
prisoner at the Georgia Women's Correctional ...

 

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