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Old 03-05-2013, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by daca55 View Post
There may be another side to this story that the media hasn't heard yet. I say that because it has been reported that the family of the deceased have no problem with the way things were handled by the independent living facility. Sounds like they knew the policy of not performing CPR when there loved one was admitted into this faclity and were fine with it which I find a little disturbing. From a human stand point someone should have done something but the litigious society that we live in keeps people at times from doing the right thing even though it shouldn't.
Most states have a 'good samaritan' law preventing those that give CPR from being sued.