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Old Thu Feb 04, 2016, 02:44pm
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Originally Posted by JRutledge View Post
When Hank Gathers died on the floor in the late 80s, the family sued every doctor or medical personnel that was present. If anything goes wrong or you interfere in any way, they will come after you.

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Suit Calls Coach and Doctors Negligent in Gathers's Death - NYTimes.com

Seems the team doctors and trainer who was trained a defib present specifically for this occurrence somehow decided NOT to administer. Sounds like negligence to me. Doesn't sound like interference from bystanders or non-team personnel.
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