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One Day Delay in X-Ray of Broken Jaw Not Deliberate Indifference

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a jail nurse’s one-day delay in having a prisoner’s broken jaw x-rayed was not deliberate indifference of a serious medical need.

The ruling came in the appeal of Philander Jenkins, who claimed that he was denied constitutionally required medical care while at ...

 

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