Hofstra College says it had no accountability to assist bar candidate in cardiac arrest

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Hofstra College says it had no accountability to assist bar candidate in cardiac arrest

By Julianne Hill

October 21, 2026, 9:42 am CDT

Hofstra College has requested a New York decide to dismiss the lawsuit of a July 2025 bar candidate who suffered cardiac arrest whereas taking the bar examination on the Lengthy Island, New York, faculty final 12 months, stating that it didn’t have a accountability to assist her.

Bloomberg Law has the story.

“Whereas Hofstra sympathizes with the plaintiff for the medical episode she suffered,” the college wrote within the Oct. 16 court filing, “the dismissal of plaintiff’s criticism is warranted, as Hofstra didn’t owe a authorized obligation to offer any first support help to the plaintiff.”

As a result of Mary Jane Jung, a graduate of the Fordham Legislation Faculty, was not a Hofstra College pupil, “Hofstra had no relationship with plaintiff,” in accordance with the submitting. Hofstra, “as landowner,” should “keep and function its property in a fairly secure situation,” however that obligation didn’t create an obligation to assist Jung, in accordance with the college’s submitting.

In response to her complaint in a New York trial court docket in Nassau County, New York, Jung suffered cardiac arrest, misplaced consciousness and turned blue whereas taking the bar examination at Hofstra final 12 months, and different testing officers failed to assist her.

Jung has sued Hofstra College and New York, which administers the bar.

If the decide agrees, it could suggest that legislation colleges and different bar examination test-taking facilities aren’t accountable for the examinees’ welfare throughout the throughout the high-stakes examination.

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