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Sgoti talks about Good Samaritan laws.

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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. The protection is intended to reduce bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or wrongful death.

A duty to rescue is a concept in tort law and criminal law that arises in a number of cases, describing a circumstance in which a party can be held liable for failing to come to the rescue of another party who could face potential injury or death without being rescued. The exact extent of the duty varies greatly between different jurisdictions.
A duty to rescue arises where a person creates a hazardous situation. If another person then falls into peril because of this hazardous situation, the creator of the hazard – who may not necessarily have been a negligent tortfeasor – has a duty to rescue the individual in peril.
Spouses have a duty to rescue each other in all U.S. jurisdictions.

A tort is a civil wrong, other than breach of contract, that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act. Tort law can be contrasted with criminal law, which deals with criminal wrongs that are punishable by the state. While criminal law aims to punish individuals who commit crimes, tort law aims to compensate individuals who suffer harm as a result of the actions of others.
In common, civil, and mixed law jurisdictions alike, the main remedy available to plaintiffs under tort law is compensation in damages, or money.

Title: Good Samaritan Law.
License: Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply.
Source(s):
wikipedia: Good Samaritan Law.

Title: Duty to rescue.
License: Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply.
Source(s):
wikipedia: Duty to rescue.

Title: Tort.
License: Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply.
Source(s):
wikipedia: Tort.