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Good Samaritan laws offer legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to those who are, or whom they believe to be injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. [1] The protection is intended to reduce bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or wrongful death.
[10] [22] These laws are also referred to as Good Samaritan laws, despite their difference from laws of the same name that protect individuals who try to help another person. [1] These laws are rarely applied, and are generally ignored by citizens and lawmakers. [1]
The 2012 Florida Statutes lay measurable conditions to determine if the "fear of imminent peril" is reasonable under the law. [7] Both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Law Commission (ILC) have recognized the profound motivations of one's lawful fear of imminent peril and have adopted measures to define ...
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Good Samaritan dies in hit-and-run while trying to help teen driver, Florida cops say Good Samaritan stops to aid car crash victim — and gets his truck stolen, NC cops say
"Good Samaritan" laws generally provide immunity in civil and criminal proceedings to persons who, in good faith, cause injury while attempting to help a person in distress, protecting such persons even in cases where greater harm resulted from the action than would have occurred otherwise.
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This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source. [1]The Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act of 2013 would direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a process to provide eligible organizations and individuals expedited access to federal lands to conduct good Samaritan search ...