Maynard v. New Jersey

WOLIN, District Judge.

On April 28, 1989 plaintiffs Geraldine and Gilbert Maynard filed a complaint against defendants New Jersey, East Jersey State Prison, New Jersey Department of Corrections, Elizabeth Buss, R.N., and Frederick Bauer, M.D., alleging violation of their son’s civil rights and pendent state tort claims arising out of defendants’ actions during the five months preceding plaintiffs’ son’s death. Specifically, plaintiffs allege that defendants’ failure to diagnose and refusal to treat their son was the direct and proximate cause of his death from Acquired Immune Deficiency…