Isn't California where they have been trying to pass
tort "reform". Sounds like a good thing to get in a
suit before that is done. I can think of all kinds of
possibilities for damages based upon good Samaritan
principles. And I'm just a civilian.
REH
Michael Gurstein wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:26:01 -0400
> From: Henry Milner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I received this on another listserve.What can one say?
> --------------------
> Los Angeles Times, June 1, 1998
>
> In California, more than 600 lawyer hopefuls were taking the
> state bar exams in the Pasadena Convention Center when a
> 50-year-old man taking the test suffered a heart attack.
>
> Only two of the 600 test takers, John Leslie and Eunice Morgan,
> stopped to help the man. They administered CPR until paramedics
> arrived, then resumed taking the exam.
>
> Citing policy, the test supervisor refused to allow the two
> additional time to make up for the 40 minutes they spent helping
> the victim. Jerome Braun, the state bar's senior executive for
> admissions, backed the decision stating, "If these two want to be
> lawyers, they should learn a lesson about priorities."
>
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