Weak respiratory muscles may suddenly fatigue, producing precipitous respiratory collapse. Elective intubation is preferable to emergency intubation or respiratory arrest. The standard 20/30 rule (FVC less than 20 ml/kg or NIF less than 30 cmH20) are the best indicators of the need for ventilator support.
Imminent lawless action is a term used in the United States Supreme Court case Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) to define the limits of constitutionally protected speech. The decision overturned the decision of the earlier Schenck v. United States (1919), which had established clear and present danger as the constitutional limit for speech.
Early History of the Doctrine in California. The genesis of the Last Clear Chance doctrine in California is found in. the case of Needham v. San Francisco and San Jose Railroad,5 which held. that even if the plaintiff were guilty of negligence or even of positive wrong. in placing his animals on a railroad track, the railroad company was still.