Helping People Legal Questions and Answers
What is the Good Samaritan law in Hawaii?
My brother met with an accident and was helped by a person who was present at the scene of the accident. This person, who was apparently a doctor, gave some wrong medicines to my brother due to which he died the same day. All the medical reports say that, if my brother wasn’t given the medicines (given by this doctor) then my bro would have survived. Now this doctor is trying t...
04/04/2017 | Category: Helping People » Good Samarit... | State: Hawaii | #35117What is the Good Samaritan law in California?
If a person gives first aid to a person in a hospital who’s dying or is in some state of medical emergency, will such person be protected under the Good Samaritan law if the patient dies?
04/04/2017 | Category: Helping People » Good Samarit... | State: California | #35114What is the Good Samaritan law in Wisconsin?
My cousin is a qualified doctor; so from her I have learnt how to give first aid in case there’s an emergency. Now the other day I gave first aid to a guy who was playing football with me. What I’m scared about it is, this guy hates me and might take a revenge saying that I treated hum without having any qualification of a doctor? Please advice
04/04/2017 | Category: Helping People » Good Samarit... | State: Wisconsin | #35113Can I sue a doctor, who treated me without remuneration in an emergency situation, for wrong treatment?
I met with an accident and somebody carried me over to a doctor’s clinic and he stitched my wounds. He received no remuneration for that. But he did it a wrong way. Later I had to treat it again. Can I sue him for that?
04/04/2017 | Category: Helping People » Good Samarit... | State: Vermont | #35110Am I liable for the death of a person whom I rescued from an accident scene died in my car?
I gave first aid to a person who sustained severe injuries in an accident. Thereafter I took him in my car to a hospital. Unfortunately, he died while carrying him in my car. I wanna know whether I’m liable for his death.
04/04/2017 | Category: Helping People » Good Samarit... | State: Tennessee | #35109Can a person sue a nurse for the extra injuries caused while she treats him in an emergency situation?
I met with an accident and somehow a nurse who arrived at the accident scene gave me first aid. I sustained some more injuries during her treatment. Can I sue him for that?
04/04/2017 | Category: Helping People » Good Samarit... | State: South Dakota | #35108Can a person sue a dentist if he denied further medical care after helping him in an emergency?
I’m a dentist and I fix a person’s teeth that were broken in an accident at his workplace. I rendered the service only because he called me in an emergency situation. Now he is coming to a follow-up treatment that too he is not ready to make any payment. He says I’m liable for the follow-ups since there is a doctor-patient relationship. Can he sue me if I didn’t treat him?
04/04/2017 | Category: Helping People » Good Samarit... | State: Oregon | #35107Is a physician assistant liable for the death of an accident victim while rescuing him?
I’m a physician assistant. I helped a person who met with an accident and sustained severe injuries. But, the person died while carrying him to the hospital after giving first aid. Am I liable for his death?
04/04/2017 | Category: Helping People » Good Samarit... | State: New York | #35106What is the Good Samaritan law in Utah?
I am a doctor. The other day I asked the nurse on duty to administer CPR on a patient. I was attending another emergency patient at that time. Now this patient didn’t respond to the CPR and died. Now the family is blaming me for his death. They say I should not have called the nurse and should have given CPR myself. Can I claim protection under the Good Samaritan law?
04/03/2017 | Category: Helping People » Good Samarit... | State: Utah | #35034What is the Good Samaritan law in Missouri?
I am a doctor. Recently I went to my child’s sports day. During the event, one student (11 years old) got hurt so I offered to treat this child. Unfortunately, her parents had not arrived when this whole incident happened. I treated this student and gave her some medicines. I have a doubt- can I land in trouble for not taking this parents consent before starting the treatment.
04/03/2017 | Category: Helping People » Good Samarit... | State: Missouri | #35032