Clare-Hollo v. Finger Lakes Ambulance EMS, Inc.

Memorandum: In 1999 plaintiffs son (decedent) suffered a cardiac incident in his apartment in defendant City of Geneva (City). Plaintiff called the 911 service administered by the City, and the City’s dispatcher transferred the call to a dispatcher of defendant Finger Lakes Ambulance EMS, Inc. (FLA), who ordered that an ambulance respond to the call. Because the ambulance initially responded to the wrong address, it did not arrive at decedent’s apartment until approximately 15 minutes after plaintiff called. Decedent was taken to the hospital, where he subsequently died. Thereafter,…