TOOMBS v. BELL

No. 89-1862.

915 F.2d 345 (1990)

Bobby TOOMBS, Appellant, v. Dr. Carl BELL; Norvell Dixon, Nurse, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Corrections; Woodson Walker, Individually and in his official capacity as Chairman of the Board of the Arkansas Department of Corrections; Morris D. Raher; Charles Mazander; Don Smith; Bobby Roberts; Nancy Talburt; Floyd Johnson, Individually and in their official capacities as members of the Arkansas Department of Corrections; A.L. Lockhart, Individually and in his official capacity as Director of the Arkansas Department of Corrections; Willis Sargeant, Individually and in his official capacity as Warden of the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections; Health Management Associates, Inc., Individually and in its official capacity as health care providers for the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Kelly, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellant.

Terry F. Wynne, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellee Bell.

David Eberhard, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee Bd. of Correction.

Alan R. Humphries, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellee Norvell Dixon and Health Management Ass'n.

Before WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Bobby Toombs, an inmate at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections (Department) appeals from the district court's judgment in favor of all defendants in his claims against them for negligence and deliberate indifference to his medical needs. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

I.

Since the early 1980s, the Department has contracted with Health Management Associates, Inc. (HMA), a private health...

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