Q: Can you help an inmate in Fl. who was attacked and his eyes seriously injured?
He was attacked while in prison and needed help but he was left in a cell for 3 days before getting taken to a hospital, so lost sight in one eye and other one injured. He has no money or resources and no family. If it matters, he is listed as white, but nearly half Cherokee. His crimes were burglary and drugs. I wrote to him for 17 years as a Christian penfriend. I was the only person he could contact. He desperately needs help but I am not able to do much on my own.Can you help him?
A: Try contacting one or both of these organizations: (1) Human Rights Defense Center - see https://www.humanrightsdefensecenter.org (2) Florida Justice Institute - see https://www.floridajusticeinstitute.org
Stephen Arnold Black agrees with this answer
A: The US Supreme Court has held that a plaintiff has to prove that the prison acted with deliberate indifference in delaying medical treatment and that that delay caused the medical injury that would not have occurred in the absence of the delay. Did your friend actually lose his eyesight 100%? Did the Doctor tell your friend his eyesight could have been saved if he was treated immediately? These and other pressing questions would need to be explored. Personal injury lawyers take these cases on contingency fee, which means you don’t pay anything unless you win the case. We are not allowed to solicit anyone’s case on here, but your friend can research our backgrounds and reach out to one of us. Thank you. Please excuse any typos, as I am dictating this into a microphone device.
Charles M. Baron agrees with this answer
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