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I do not have any documentation, but I do know of one case where the threat of a suit got the penalties canceled in one case. There was a diabetic boy, who kept a syringe containing a single injection of glucagon in his desk. He showed it to his friends, and told them how to use it and when.

One time in physical education, the teacher insisted the boy continue when he said he felt low and needed to test. When he fainted, and the teacher ignored it, one of his friends rushed to his desk, took the syringe, went back to the gym and gave him the injection. The school wanted to expel the intelligent friend for violating ZT. When the parents of the diabetic pointed out what they could do to the school in court if they did it, the expulsion was quickly dropped.

For those who do not know, if a diabetic comes even close to pbutting out, give sugar, and glucagon is even faster, and to be used in situations like this. Do this BEFORE finding out if hypoglycemia is the cause.

-- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University