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Old 12-25-2008, 08:03 PM   #1
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Good samaritan law

Did anyone else here catch the story about the Good samaritan law being challenged in California?

From what I understand, in 2004 a car load of coworkers went out and got into an accident. One coworker pulled another from the vehicle and now is completely paralyzed. That worker is now suing her coworker for helping her because he was not a professional rescuer and that her life was not in danger. California courts pondered the case and have allowed it to go forward.

They spoke to peole on the street and the general consensus is either one has to sit back and possible watch someone die or they can risk saving them or attempting to save them and in the mean time possibly be sued and loose everything.

This is fubar.

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