Can a doctor plead deliberate indifference in a medical malpractice case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Alonso-Prieto v. Pierce, CASE NO. 1:11-cv-00024-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2012):
2012 WL 1889786 *7 (9th Cir. May 25, 2012) (doctor's awareness of need for treatment followed by his unnecessary delay in implementing the prescribed treatment sufficient to plead deliberate indifference); Snow v. McDaniel, F.3d , 2012 WL 1889774 *7 (9th Cir. May 25, 2012) (decision of non-treating, non-specialist physicians to repeatedly deny recommended surgical treatment may be medically unacceptable under all the circumstances).
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