The thing that makes this interesting, and kind of the crux of the issue in this case, is that the woman who is being sued is being accused of panicking.
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Torti testified in a deposition that she saw smoke and liquid coming from Watson's vehicle and feared the car was about to catch fire. None of the others reported seeing signs of an imminent explosion, and Van Horn said in her deposition that Torti grabbed her arm and yanked her out "like a rag doll."
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So the woman gets in an accident, the car isn't going to catch fire or explode, and another possibly drunk woman (they had been at a bar until 1:30am) yanks her out and and aggravates the injury.
In no way do I want to scare any potential good samaritans, but this case isn't quite as cut and dried as it sounds. If I was there I probably would have voted against this ruling, but I can definitely see both sides of the issue.