Burleson v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice.U.S. Appeals Court WORK ASSIGNMENT DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE Burleson v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, 393 F.3d 577 (5th Cir. 2004). A prison inmate brought a civil rights action alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his health when they allowed him to weld with thoriated tungsten tungsten (tŭng`stən) [Swed.,=heavy stone], metallic chemical element; symbol W; at. no. 74; at. wt. 183.85; m.p. about 3,410°C;; b.p. 5,660°C;; sp. gr. 19.3 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, +4, +5, or +6. electrodes during the two years he worked as a welder at a prison stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. plant. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the inmate and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the inmate's expert did not present any reliable evidence regarding the extent of the inmate's level of harmful exposure and was unable to link the inmate's type of cancer to the type of electrodes the inmate used while welding. The inmate alleged that thorium dioxide thorium dioxide n. A heavy white powder, ThO2, obtained from monazite and used mainly in ceramics, glass, and gas mantles and as a catalyst. Also called thoria. is a compound that is distributed in the air during the welding process and that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS had determined that thorium dioxide is a carcinogen carcinogen: see cancer. carcinogen Agent that can cause cancer. Exposure to one or more carcinogens, including certain chemicals, radiation, and certain viruses, can initiate cancer under conditions not completely understood. . (Boyd Unit, Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division) |
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