Legal Opinion
Church v. Hegstrom
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 9, 1969No. , 48, Docket 32868PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Harold O. Church died in the Connecticut State Jail, Hartford, on March 16, 1967, after some three weeks of incarceration there. His administrator brought an action against four prison officials under a federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking damages and costs of $150,000 for their alleged failure to furnish needed medical care in deprivation of Church’s constitutional rights. The district court dismissed the action for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, and it also denied a motion to reopen the judgment and file an amended…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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