Legal Opinion
Stephen E. Carswell, Cross-Appellant v. Bay County, Lavelle Pitts, William Grigsby, Graham Belz, Thomas G. Merrill, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 7, 1988No. 87-3710PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
This action arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 involves the failure to provide proper medical treatment to a county jail inmate. The defendants appeal from a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Stephen Carswell. Carswell also appeals the district court’s application of Florida’s collateral source rule. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court’s judgment.
I. FACTS
On August 21, 1984 Carswell was committed to the Bay County Jail in Panama City, Florida, as a pre-trial detainee. Cars-well was not given a physical examination at the time he entered the…
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