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Fifth Circuit Grants Summary Judgment for Substitution of Pain Medication

Fifth Circuit Grants Summary Judgment for Substitution of Pain Medication

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a denial of summary judgment against jail medical officials who substituted ibuprofen for Percocet when treating a prisoner’s gunshot wound.

On September 12, 2008, Ronnie Burton was shot in the shoulder during ...

 

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