When Is a Private Medical Provider a State Actor? Incidental Emergency Care Ruled Out
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 14, Number 02, July/August 2012 , pp.26-26(1)
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Abstract:
When a pretrial detainee dies after emergency medical care the question becomes: What would it take for Maine Medical Center, or a similar private entity, to become a state actor and thus be constitutionally liable?Keywords: Cady v. Cumberland County Jail , 2011 WL 2632922, West v. Atkins , 487 U.S. 42, Rodriguez v. Plymouth Ambulance Services , 577 F.3d 816, Conner v. Donnelly , 42 F.3d 220
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