Rotolo v. San Jose Sports & Entertainment, LLC

Opinion

BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, Acting P. J.

INTRODUCTION

In this wrongful death action, the parents of a teenager who died as a result of sudden cardiac arrest while participating in an ice hockey game sued the operators of the ice hockey facility. They alleged that defendants had a duty to notify users of the facility of the existence and location of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) at the facility. They claimed that the timely use of such a device would have greatly increased the teenager’s chances of survival.

The trial court sustained defendants’ demurrer to plaintiffs’ third amended…