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Prison Doctor's Lack of Knowledge Does Not Constitute Deliberate Indifference
The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a Hawaii prison doctor's
medical malpractice resulting in the death of a prisoner, while
demonstrating negligence, did not rise to the level of "deliberate
indifference" to establish Eighth Amendment cruel and unusual punishment
necessary to prevail in the ensuing 42 U.S.C. ...
medical malpractice resulting in the death of a prisoner, while
demonstrating negligence, did not rise to the level of "deliberate
indifference" to establish Eighth Amendment cruel and unusual punishment
necessary to prevail in the ensuing 42 U.S.C. ...
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