“Good Samaritan Law”

“Good Samaritan Law”


The Good Samaritan law is a legal principle that prevents a rescuer who has voluntarily helped a victim in agony from being successfully sued for illegal behavior. Its purpose is to keep people from being so unwilling to help a stranger in need for fear of legal repercussions if they made some mistake in treatment. Therefore, this doctrine was primarily developed for first aid encounters and every state does have its own adaptation of it. However, the crucial points are about the same.
First of all, a person is not required by law to do first aid in most...