Lance v. Morris

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 01:07

Applying 8th Amendment standards to claim of failure to provide medical attention to pretrial detainee; three guards who were aware of risk of serious harm and chose to disregard that risk would be liable for failing to provide treatment for plaintiff’s priapism (a result of taking a pill from another prisoner) for three days, which led to a need for surgery and probably impotence for life; qualified immunity denied.

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