Legal Opinion
Waldrop v. Evans
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided March 15, 1988No. Civ. 86-203-2-MAC(DF)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FITZPATRICK, District Judge.
Plaintiffs brought the above-referenced action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as the parents and guardians of their mentally-ill son, Timothy Waldrop. Plaintiffs seek to recover for the self-inflicted injuries their son suffered while confined in the State prison system. Plaintiffs allege in Count I of their Complaint that Defendants violated their son’s eighth amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment by acting in a manner that was deliberately indifferent to his psychiatric needs. Plaintiffs assert two pendent state claims in Counts II and III of the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Don Waldrop v. David C. Evans, Frank Fodor, M.D., T.G. Smith, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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