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SERRA v. PICHARDO

Nos. 84-6103, 84-6122.

786 F.2d 237 (1986)

Jose SERRA, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Paul A. PICHARDO, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, Robert Elsea, Defendant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis DeFalaise, U.S. Atty., Lexington, Ky., Peter M. Davenport, Peter R. Maier argued, for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

David R. Irvin (LEAD) argued, Bulleit, Kinkead, Irvin & Reinhardt, Lexington, Ky., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before KENNEDY and CONTIE, Circuit Judges; and GIBSON, District Judge.

CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, formerly a federal prisoner, sued the United States and two individuals — a prison doctor and the warden — alleging negligence and deliberate indifference to plaintiff's medical needs. Plaintiff obtained a judgment for compensatory damages from the United States (for negligence) and for punitive damages from the doctor, Paul Pichardo (for deliberate indifference). The District Court directed a verdict in...

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