ADAMS v. POAG

No. 94-8666.

61 F.3d 1537 (1995)

Jack R. ADAMS, as Parent and next of kin of Michael David Adams, deceased and Carolyn W. Adams, as Parent and next of kin of Michael David Adams, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joyce H. POAG, Dr., Individually, Grant P. Carmichael, Dr., Terrence M. Martin, Physical Assistant, Individually, Marie Cody, RN, Individually, Defendants-Appellants, Barbara Lewis, RN, Individually, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Tinkler, Jr., Deana L. Simon, Decatur, GA, for appellants.

John Grey Hunter, Savannah, GA, for appellees.

Before HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge, and YOUNG, Senior District Judge.


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...

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