Crowder v. Correctional Medical Systems

Plaintiff William Vernon Crowder appeals from a summary judgment for defendants Correctional Medical Systems, Inc., John Kerr, and Esther Cochran. We affirm.

On December 30, 1985, Crowder, an inmate at the Hamilton Aged and Infirm ("A I") Center, filed a § 1983 complaint against the defendants (42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976)), alleging that the defendants had violated his civil rights by failing to provide adequate medical care. Crowder contends that he was not adequately protected from contracting tuberculosis.

On February 6, 1985, defendant Cochran, the nursing supervisor at Hamilton A I Center,…