He was “obviously dead,” a fireman felt for a pulse under his arm. The paramedics that day made the decision based.
On a “visual assessment” from 15 feet away from Jake’s corpse, even though the phrase “obviously dead” is often used for circumstances such when a body has been struck by a train.
Jake was eventually discovered to be still alive at the time, but his breathing and pulse had considerably slowed. Since then, his distraught parents, Bill and Kristi Anderson,
Have been battling for justice, arguing that the first responders should have taken immediate action to rescue their son instead of letting him die.
The Andersons received a $6.4 million damages judgment last month, but the first responders who treated Jake were exempt from the verdict. Instead, they prevailed.
