Legal Opinion
Schaub v. VonWald
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 26, 2011No. 10-1280PublishedCited by 407 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
After a bench trial, the district court1 found that Steven C. VonWald, the director of the Minnesota facility in which Philip D. Schaub was incarcerated, was deliberately indifferent to Schaub’s serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The court awarded Schaub $214,000 in compensatory damages and $750,000 in punitive damages. VonWald appeals both the judgment and the award of punitive damages. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.
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In 1984, Schaub became a paraplegic at age 21 in a car accident. On November 20, 2002, Schaub…
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