Denial of Medical Care

Dyer v. Houston

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 17:54

Jury could find deliberate indifference where officers observed arrestee violently bang his head against interior of police car over 40 times during transport, but provided no medical care.

Lapachet v. Stanislaus County

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 08:48

Healthy, 40 y.o. man had a bad reaction to illegal drugs he took while in jail, denied adequate medical care for his drug-related psychosis, sustained spinal and head trauma of unknown origin, then jailors dragged him to a safety cell when he could not walk due to a spine fracture, at the direction of a nurse employed by a private jail medical provider. He was left face-down, paralyzed, on the floor of a safety cell for six hours with an untreated subdural hematoma. Plaintiff sustained quadriplegia, requiring life-long care.