The legal repercussions of an avian flu pandemic. “Legal experts claim that hospitals could be sued for failing to admit sick patients, or for releasing them before they are fully stabilized, under a federal law which requires anyone arriving at a hospital in need of treatment to be stabilized. Although some courts might be sympathetic to the argument that the hospital was overwhelmed by a pandemic, others might not, and the possibility of such a defense might not prevent nuisance law suits and settlements.” (via Medpundit)
