I think this is such a slam at basic decency and goodness that I wonder if America can recover from this type of thinking. Seriously. It's so important and so tragic on so many levels......from the linked article: "The case was spawned by a botched rescue attempt by Lisa Torti, who pulled a friend, Alexandra Van Horn, out of a wrecked car in the Los Angeles area on Halloween night of 2003. Torti claimed she saw smoke and thought the car was about to explode.
Van Horn was left a paraplegic, and blamed Torti's efforts to help her. She sued Torti and Anthony Watson, the driver of the wrecked car, for negligence.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Howard Schwab granted summary judgment for Torti, finding she was immune from liability under §1799.102. L.A.'s 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed last year, ruling that Torti hadn't truly provided emergency medical care."
Would you help someone in trouble if you knew the Good Samaritan Law won't protect you?How can helping someone get a person in such terrible trouble? Where does a society go when the courts rule like this?
WOW.
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