California: no duty for retailers to keep defibrillators on hand

“The California Supreme Court held [in June] that a business has no common law duty to provide automatic defibrillators in anticipation that a customer will experience heart failure while on the premises.” [TortsProf; earlier, and generally]

Filed under: California, emergency medicine

By Walter Olson
July 1, 2014
2 Comments

2 Comments

A rational, sane decision from the CA Supreme Court?

Hell freezing over!!!!!
Sky Falling!!!!!
Panic!!!!
Flee!!!!
- July 01, 2014 2:34 PM
- By MattS
Ah, good. Still, most of the country, you get sued if you don’t have the devices, and sued if you do. Mr. Goldenfarb stands ready to assist.

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/craig-goldenfarb-named-chairperson-to-aajs-aed-litigation-group-106372.php
- July 01, 2014 4:57 PM
- By Carter Wood