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Originally Posted by Mirajj
Using this part of the law, you can see how the example I posted earlier could just as easily happen here as it did in the States. A car has flipped over. I pull a person out of the car, and perform CPR on them, saving their life, but paralyzing them and breaking some ribs, for good measure.
They can still sue me for paralyzing them when I pulled them out of the car (as that is not considered First Aid or Medical Assistance) but they can't sue me for the rib(s) I broke while giving them CPR. See the difference? And that's just at first blush, the laws are riddled with holes and problems like that that lawyers (of which I am not one) can look for to exploit.
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Just curious where you're getting this from. I'm sure that it has been argued that way by plaintiff's attorneys, but I'm not so sure that's the actual state of the law, at least I've never heard of it. I do agree that the notion that a good samaritan's law provides blanket protection to rescuers is very flawed.