Several months ago I settled an injury case, a tragic, one of a young immigrant boy who died needlessly despite there being a defibrillator in the school. While I can’t by the confidentiality laws discuss the wrongful death case in depth the basic facts were the teachers at the school could have saved the client’s life had they had adequate staff supervising the client on the school grounds and used a defibrillator which was on the school premises. During the case I talked with several school districts and discovered that defibrillators were not in fact the norm but thankfully things are now changed and Oregon’s new law will require a defibrillator in buildings larger than 50,000 square feet where 25 or more people gather on a normal business. Far too late for my client’s beloved lost son but perhaps the law will save another young life from being snuffed out much much far too early.

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