Opinion ID: 6927142
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Causing the Heatstrokes

Text: Plaintiffs alleged that “the unbearable temperatures and lack of ventilation brought about by the deliberate indifference of the Defendants caused Ferri to suffer eight (8) heat strokes”, while he was in the DHU. It cannot be ascertained from the complaint whether any .of the alleged heat-strokes occurred after July 18, 1989. If one or some of these heatstrokes did occur after this date, so too would the cause. Heatstroke is a serious medical condition. Acts or omissions of a deliberately indifferent nature that repeatedly cause a serious medical condition are more than sufficient to meet the Seiter standard. Therefore, the complaint would state a claim upon which relief can be granted if any of Ferri’s heatstrokes occurred after July 18. The district court’s grant of summary judgment on this § 1983 claim against the ACJ defendants will be vacated and the claim remanded for a determination of whether the statute of limitations bars it. ■ If appellants’ claim survives this scrutiny, they should be allowed to proceed on the merits.