Legal Opinion
Paul Shifflett v. Mr. Korszniak
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 12, 2019No. 17-2676PublishedCited by 280 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMBRO, Circuit Judge Paul Shifflett was an inmate in the Pennsylvania prison system when he was set upon by fellow inmates who broke his jaw. This was only the beginning of his troubles: the surgery on his jaw went badly, causing him intense pain for the better part of a year. His efforts to seek treatment from the prison medical system bore only the most frustrating of fruit: he alleges he was denied adequate pain medication and given the run-around by different providers, each saying it was someone else's responsibility. Shifflett claims he had still not received fully adequate corrective…
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