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Originally Posted by Beerfest
So lets say someone died because no one came to their aid quickly enough.
Would you rather help them and maybe take a lawsuit or live with the fact that you might have been able to prevent their death by helping them.
It sound like Conroy22 had some training to handle a situation like this.
He should be able to forgive himself if he faced a lawsuit, but would proably have a lot harder time forgiving himself if someone died and he might have been able to do something about it.
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Let's say you do help someone, and they decide to sue. The judge agrees with them, and you are damn near ruined by the settlement they get that you have to pay for deciding to try to be nice and help them. Can you afford to cover someone's "Pain and suffering" for the rest of their life, while trying to provide for YOUR family?
Would you still do it, or would you let them go?
Personally speaking, I'd let them go. As evil as it sounds, I value my life and lifestyle more than I do some stranger's, and I don't wish to risk it to help someone who may turn out to be completely unappreciative of the fact, and in fact may turn around and completely ruin MY life.
As it happens, I DO have some training to handle situations like this (having spent several years in the military) and I would still hesitate and think about it first.