ANCATA v. PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

No. 84-5923.

769 F.2d 700 (1985)

Carol ANCATA, individually, as natural guardian of Tara Ancata, and as personal representative of Anthony Ancata, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC., a Delaware Corp., Susan Colligan, Karen Sutton, R. Hargrove, Henry Blady, Robert Butterworth, and George Brescher, in his capacity as Sheriff of Broward County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Siegel, Randall C. Berg, Jr., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bruce W. Jolly, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for R. Butterworth & G. Brescher.

Deborah Mann, Robert Klein, West Palm Beach, Fla., for H. Blady.

Edward R. Nicklaus, Miami, Fla., for Prison Health Services.

Alexander Cocalis, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Broward County.

Christopher R. Fertig, Fertig & Gamble, Lawrence J. Marraffino, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for S. Colligan, K. Sutton, & R. Hargrove.

Before HENDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

I. FACTS

A. Procedural History

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing all counts of plaintiff's first amended complaint based upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Plaintiff is the personal representative of the deceased's, Anthony Ancata's, estate and the guardian of his minor child Tara Ancata. Defendant Prison Health Services is and was the entity responsible for providing medical care to...

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