New Jersey Legislature to Overturn Recent Supreme Court Decision In Murray v. Plainfield Rescue Squad
Thursday, August 23, 2012
As discussed here: https://gdm-law.com/index.php?page=blog&display=92 a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court held in Murray v. Plainfield Rescue Squad, A-28-10 that a rescue squad (as an entity) is not entitled to immunity under New Jersey law. Instead, the Court ruled that N.J.S.A. 26:2K-29 immunizes only "officers or members" of rescue squads — along with doctors, nurses, some emergency technicians, and hospitals and their trustee boards and staffs — from liability in providing "intermediate life support services" in good faith.
Per the New Jersey Law Journal:
The bill, S-2165, sponsered by Sen. Christopher "Kip" Bateman, R-Somerset and co-sponsor, Sen. Anthony Bucco, R-Morris would add "first aid, ambulance or rescue squads" to list of entities and individuals that have statutory insulation from civil liability in emergency care situations.
More after the jump...
Per the New Jersey Law Journal:
The bill, S-2165, sponsered by Sen. Christopher "Kip" Bateman, R-Somerset and co-sponsor, Sen. Anthony Bucco, R-Morris would add "first aid, ambulance or rescue squads" to list of entities and individuals that have statutory insulation from civil liability in emergency care situations.
More after the jump...
