WARREN v. FANNING

Nos. 90-2832, 90-2833.

950 F.2d 1370 (1991)

Paul WARREN, Appellant, v. Judy FANNING; Dr. Taca, Appellees. Paul WARREN, Appellee, v. Judy FANNING, Dr. Taca, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Hart-Mahon, St. Louis, Mo., argued, for appellant.

Kathi L. Chestnut, St. Louis, Mo., argued, for appellees and Kathryn A. Dyer on the brief.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOKEN, Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Paul Warren, a state prisoner, filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988), alleging that his constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment had been violated by reason of the deliberate indifference of the defendant state actors to his serious medical needs. A jury found that Dr. Arturo Taca had violated Warren's Eighth Amendment rights, but awarded Warren neither compensatory nor nominal damages. The Magistrate Judge...

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