Legal Opinion
Adams Ex Rel. Adams v. Poag
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 28, 1995No. 19-10133PublishedCited by 305 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
Appellees, Jack and Carolyn Adams, parents of deceased inmate, Michael Adams, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against appellants, members of a prison’s medical staff, alleging that the appellants’ medical treatment of their son constituted deliberate indifference to his serious asthma condition in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court denied the appellants’ motions for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. We reverse.
FACTS
Because all issues in this case are so fact specific, we recite the facts in great detail. Michael Adams began serving a…
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