Wanzer v. District of Columbia

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• holding that the doctrine barred a suit alleging death resulting from delayed dispatch of an ambulance
• holding that the doctrine barred a suit alleging death resulting from delayed dispatch of an ambulance
• finding that a 911 call, while a contact with a private party, does not “exceed the response generally made to other members of the public”
• holding, in case where claim was that the decedent “would have survived his stroke if an ambulance had been sent when first summoned,” that the public duty doctrine barred a suit alleging negligent and inept failure to dispatch an ambulance
• holding, in case where claim was that the decedent ―would have survived his stroke if an ambulance had been sent when first summoned,‖ that the public duty doctrine barred a suit alleging negligent and inept failure to dispatch an ambulance
• “It is not enough to allege ineptitude, even shameful and inexcusable ineptitude, by a municipal agency.”

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