Scicluna v. Wells, No. 02-2117 (6th Cir.) (345 F.3d 441) (October 2, 2003) (Judge Ronald Lee Gilman)
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published in Punch and Jurists
October 27, 2003
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Deliberate Indifference.
Scicluna v. Wells, 345 F.3d 441 (6th Cir. 2003) (Judge Gilman)
Majors v. Ridley-Turner, 277 F.Supp.2d 916 (N.D.Ind. 2003) (Judge Sharp)
The decisions in these two cases help to explain why so much confusion exists regarding the wonderfully dichotomous concept of “deliberate indifference” - one of the most frequently …
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