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COMMENTS: Reckless Samaritans
"Many feel the ruling flies in the face of human nature." Thus ABC's Mike von Fremd framed the decision by the Supreme Court of California that volunteers who try to act as Good Samaritans in rescuing people from danger can get into trouble if they act recklessly. The case concerned an office worker who pulled a colleague away from a car accident so unprofessionally that she was paralyzed for life as a result. The court allowed her lawsuit against him to go ahead. von Fremd illustrated his story with images of an unrelated--and non-reckless--rescue of a family from a flash flood that did not end in paralysis. "The backlash is so strong that the California legislature may rewrite the law to give more protection for Good Samaritans."
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