What is considered deliberate indifference in a medical malpractice case?
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The following excerpt is from Davis v. Walker, Case No. 3:14-cv-01297-BAS(NLS) (S.D. Cal. 2016):
"Deliberate indifference" is more blameworthy than negligence but "something less than acts or omissions for the very purpose of causing harm or with knowledge that harm will result." Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 828, 835 (1994). It is the equivalent of "recklessly disregarding" a risk. Id. at 836.
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