Demetrias Taylor, as Representative of the Estate of Iretha Jean Lilly, Deceased, et al. v. McLennan County, Texas, et al.
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Does the provision of three EKGs, an aspirin, and a nitroglycerin pill over the course of three hours to a pre-trial detainee (who then died from an otherwise untreated myocardial infarction) constitute sufficient 'medical care' entitling jail nurses, the jail's only doctor, and the municipality to summary judgment in § 1983 cases, particularly where the nurses' refusals to transfer said detainee to a hospital was caused by municipal 'policy' or 'procedure'?
QUESTION PRESENTED Does the provision of three EKGs, an aspirin, and a nitroglycerin pill over the course of three hours to a pre-trial detainee (who then died from an otherwise untreated myocardial infarction) constitute sufficient “medical care” entitling jail nurses, the jail’s only doctor, and the municipality to summary judgment in § 1983 cases, particularly where the nurses’ refusals to transfer said detainee to a hospital was caused by municipal “policy” or “procedure”?