Perspective
Oct. 17, 2014
Negligence, Ebola and California law
If Emory (or Texas Health) were located in California, what civil claims would be available to its employees and their family members who are infected with Ebola as a result of Emory's negligence? By H.W. Trey Jones
Emory University Hospital and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital have now seen multiple patients suffering with the Ebola virus. The doctors were well aware of this deadly virus before they saw their first patient. They knew that patients with Ebola have a very high mortality rate, estimated at 50 percent or higher. They knew that the virus is transmitted by human contact with blood or bodily fluids of an infected patient. They knew that their ...
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