Stephen Sugarman quoted in The New York Times, April 11, 2013
“When these health care professionals are on the job, there is no immunity and they of course can be sued for malpractice,” said Stephen Sugarman…. “Suppose the woman was in fine health and in the facility dining room and was clearly choking?” he said. “Would it be O.K. for the staff just to ignore her even if they knew how to do the Heimlich? I don’t think so.”