Legal Opinion
MALLES v. Lehigh County
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 27, 2009No. Civil Action 06-4024PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DALZELL, District Judge.
James Malles sues Lehigh County and PrimeCare Medical, Inc. (“PrimeCare”) 1 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for allegedly violating his Eighth Amendment rights while he was an inmate at Lehigh County Prison. Malles claims that he contracted Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (“MRSA”) while he was incarcerated there and that the defendants unconstitutionally failed (1) to provide him timely, adequate medical care and (2) to protect him from getting infected. He also sues PrimeCare for negligence under state law.
The defendants filed motions for summary…
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