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Civil — Civil Rights — Prisoners; medical care; deliberate indifference (access required)

POSTED: Monday, January 23rd, 2012 at 1:57 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Even if a prisoner's condition did not worsen from the delay of medical treatment, deliberate indifference to prolonged, unnecessary pain can itself be the basis for an Eighth Amendment claim.

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