Legal Opinion
Broderick Fourte v. Faulkner County, Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 25, 2014No. 13-2241PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
This interlocutory appeal tests the line between negligence and deliberate indifference to an inmate’s chronic medical condition. If the inmate is not medically screened, has his condition monitored but not treated, and has a prescription delayed, may officials receive qualified immunity? Here, Broderick L. Fourte, Sr. suffered from high blood pressure. He claims he became partially blind after treatment was delayed while in the Faulkner County, Arkansas jail. He sued the attending physician, Dr. Garry L. Stewart, the jail nurse, Tamara R. Lumpkin, and the County for…
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