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Sgoti talks about Good Samaritan laws.
- Tags: Good Samaritan laws, Duty to rescue
Good Samaritan laws offer legal protection to people who give
reasonable assistance to those who are, or whom they believe to be
injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. The protection is
intended to reduce bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being
sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or wrongful death.
A duty to rescue is a concept in tort law and criminal law that
arises in a number of cases, describing a circumstance in which a party
can be held liable for failing to come to the rescue of another party
who could face potential injury or death without being rescued. The
exact extent of the duty varies greatly between different
jurisdictions.
A duty to rescue arises where a person creates a hazardous situation. If
another person then falls into peril because of this hazardous
situation, the creator of the hazard – who may not necessarily have been
a negligent tortfeasor – has a duty to rescue the individual in
peril.
Spouses have a duty to rescue each other in all U.S. jurisdictions.
A tort is a civil wrong, other than breach of contract, that causes a
claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the
person who commits the tortious act. Tort law can be contrasted with
criminal law, which deals with criminal wrongs that are punishable by
the state. While criminal law aims to punish individuals who commit
crimes, tort law aims to compensate individuals who suffer harm as a
result of the actions of others.
In common, civil, and mixed law jurisdictions alike, the main remedy
available to plaintiffs under tort law is compensation in damages, or
money.
Title: Good Samaritan Law.
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wikipedia: Good Samaritan Law.
Title: Duty to rescue.
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wikipedia: Duty to rescue.
Title: Tort.
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wikipedia: Tort.
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Beeza says: Good Samaritans
RE: hpr4216::2024-09-30 Down the rabbit hole. by Some Guy On The Internet00:31:03 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Hi Sgoti.
Back in the early 80s I worked in Egypt for about 6 months. On several occasions I was strongly advised by locals not to help anybody in distress who may require hospitalisation. The reason was that if the patient could not afford to pay the bills (which almost certainly they couldn't) the person summoning an ambulance would be held liable for all costs.
Healthcare at the time was supposedly free, but it was so ineffective that the patient would be long dead before a public-sector ambulance arrived, hence resorting to private alternatives.
Because of the "entertaining" standard of driving, car crashes were regular occurrences, but rarely would you see any bystanders do anything more than just look. I don't think there was any lack of compassion or empathy, just a reluctance at a practical level to risk taking on a potentially large cost for a stranger.
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