Personal Injury & Torts
Sep. 11, 2002
California Courts Differ on Liability for Negligent Handling of Emergency Calls
Focus Column - By Daniel P. Barer - "Nine-one-one." Long before the Sept. 11 attacks lent those three digits an ironic double meaning, they became ingrained in our collective consciousness as the numbers to dial when faced with an emergency. Now, an emergency of a different sort is smoldering in California's courts on a potentially explosive issue: public entity liability for negligent handling of 911 calls.
Focus Column
By Daniel P. Barer
"Nine-one-one." Long before the Sept. 11 attacks lent those three digits an ironic double meaning, they became ingrained in our collective consciousness as the numbers ...
By Daniel P. Barer
"Nine-one-one." Long before the Sept. 11 attacks lent those three digits an ironic double meaning, they became ingrained in our collective consciousness as the numbers ...
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