Tanner v. McMurray
Mother was 35 weeks pregnant in custody when her water broke; employees of nationwide private medical contractor ignored and minimized her symptoms, refused to transport her to hospital, failed to conduct even a cursory pelvic exam; after 30 hours of painful labor and bleeding child was born with umbilical cord wrapped around neck, not breathing, with no pulse; court concludes the private medical contractors were not entitled to assert defense of qualified immunity and reversed district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants.