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CARSWELL v. BAY COUNTY

No. 87-3710.

854 F.2d 454 (1988)

Stephen E. CARSWELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. BAY COUNTY, Defendant, Lavelle Pitts, William Grigsby, Graham Belz, Thomas G. Merrill, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Gaines, Beggs & Lane, Pensacola, Fla., for Merrill.

Julius F. Parker, Jr., Parker, Skelding, McVoy & Labasky, Tallahassee, Fla., for Pitts, Grigsby & Belz.

Randall C. Berg, Jr., Peter M. Siegel, Florida Justice Institute, Inc., Miami, Fla., for Carswell.

Before TJOFLAT, VANCE and COX, Circuit Judges.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

This action arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 involves the failure to provide proper medical treatment to a county jail inmate. The defendants appeal from a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Stephen Carswell. Carswell also appeals the district court's application of Florida's collateral source rule. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court's judgment.

I. FACTS

On August 21, 1984 Carswell was committed...

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