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HOWELL v. EVANS

No. 89-8455.

922 F.2d 712 (1991)

Willa Dean HOWELL, Individually and as Administratrix of the estate of Van Howell; Lisa Howell, through her natural guardian and next friend Willa Dean Howell and Lori Miller, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. David C. EVANS, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants, Edward M. Mendoza, M.D., Correctional Medical Systems, Inc., Charles Burden, individually and as Superintendent of Augusta Correctional and Medical Institution, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 28, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Tinkler, Jr., Decatur, Ga., for Mendoza.

Cathy A. Cox, John C. Jones, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for Burden.

J. Vincent Cook, Cook, Noell, Tolley & Aldridge, Athens, Ga., Patrick T. Beall, Watkinsville, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KRAVITCH and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

In this section 1983 action, Willa Dean Howell seeks damages against various medical and prison officials for the death of her husband, a prison inmate, on the ground that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to her husband's health in violation of the eighth amendment. The defendants appeal the district court's denial of their summary judgment motions, asserting qualified immunity from the actions. This appeal raises issues concerning...

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