Health Care & Hospital Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Apr. 14, 2022
9th Circuit denies qualified immunity to jail medical staff
The judges found that a reasonable jury could conclude, taking into account the facts most favorable to the detainee, that three of the defendants had been deliberately indifferent to the plight of their patient.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday denied qualified immunity for three out of four medical staff defendants facing allegations they were deliberately indifferent to the needs of an Orange County jail inmate who died under their care.
The unanimous decision written by 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld partially affirmed and partially reversed the decision by U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton of the Central D...
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