Question to the legal minds...

[Guest guest]

You have a minor child that has a seizure disorder. The child has a

witnessed grand mal seizure w/ a hx of break through seizures. The child has

been taking his meds as prescribed. The parent/guardian of the child does

not wish for the child to be transported to the E.R. for evaluation. The

parent/guardian states that they will take the child to their physician

'soon'. The question that has been posed by someone is: Can the

parent/guardian be held criminally negligent if the child has another

seizure and is injured or goes into status epilepticus? For discussion sakes

lets say that the parent/guardian would immediately call 911 if the child

had another seizure.

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From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On

Behalf Of rangrsteve

Sent: Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 10:24

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