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Brugdor

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Let them die?
« on: December 20, 2008, 04:49:12 PM »
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-me-good-samaritan19-2008dec19,0,6547898.story


California Supreme Court allows good Samaritans to be sued for nonmedical care
The ruling stems from a case in which a woman pulled a crash victim from a car 'like a rag doll,' allegedly aggravating a vertebrae injury.
By Carol J. Williams
December 19, 2008
Being a good Samaritan in California just got a little riskier.

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a young woman who pulled a co-worker from a crashed vehicle isn't immune from civil liability because the care she rendered wasn't medical.

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So if you see a person in California drowning in a river, let them drown while you wait for EMS to show up I guess. They'll die but at least you are safe from a lawsuit if they break a nail while you drag them out.  ::)
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Re: Let them die?
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2008, 08:39:06 PM »
Yeah... I wonder what this teaches us as a society. =(

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Re: Let them die?
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 05:46:09 AM »
Such is the issue with frivelous lawsuits. Poeple more worried about what they can get out of it than what happened.
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