Legal Opinion
Gibson v. Moskowitz
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 29, 2008No. 07-1074, 07-1198PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Ozy Vaughn, a mentally disabled inmate, died from severe dehydration after being held for several days in a 90 to 100 degree observation room. A jury determined that Dr. David Moskowitz’s deliberate indifference and medical malpractice caused Vaughn’s death and awarded his estate $2 million in compensatory damages (later reduced to $1.5 million) and $3 million in punitive damages. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
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On Friday, January 25, 2002, Vaughn, an inmate in the Riverside Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan, began acting strangely. Concerned about…
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