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William Sullivan, DO, JD, FACEP, director of emergency services at St. Margaret's Hospital in Spring Valley, IL, and a practicing attorney, helped an ED physician defend a case involving a patient who died after being boarded in the ED for more than 5 hours. The ED physician stated that the admitting physician accepted responsibility for the patient. The admitting physician denied responsibility since the patient was not admitted to the floor.

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