Legal Opinion · Dissent
Drew v. LeJay's Sportsmen's Cafe, Inc.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided March 4, 1991No. 90-38Published
1DissentCardine, Justice
My problem is with the following instruction:
“A restaurant whose employees are reasonably on notice that a customer is in distress and in need of emergency medical attention has a legal duty to come to the assistance of that customer. However, a restaurant does not have a duty to provide medical training to its food service personnel, or medical rescue services to its customers who become ill or injured through no act or omission of the restaurant or its employees. A restaurant in these circumstances meets its legal duty to a customer in distress when it summons medical assistance within a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hovermale v. Berkeley Springs Moose Lodge No. 1483West Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- Cervelli v. GravesWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
- Personal Representative v. Fisherman's Pier, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- Bush v. JacksonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
- Stahlin v. Hilton Hotels Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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