Good Samaritan law en · NOUN
Meanings
- A law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.
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A law that requires able persons, without putting themselves at risk, to provide reasonable aid to persons who are injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.
It was not immediately clear what those charges could be, and Mr. Bernhardt said he did not want to speculate. He added that Pennsylvania does not have a good Samaritan law and said it would be “very difficult to bring charges against those” who witnessed the attack but did not intervene.
2021 October 17, Eduardo Medina, “As a Woman Was Raped, Train Riders Failed to Intervene, Police Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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| Good Samaritan laws | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
fr loi du bon Samaritain (law that requires to provide aid to persons) · es ley del buen samaritano (law that requires to provide aid to persons) · pl prawo dobrego Samarytanina (law that exempts from legal liability) · es ley del buen samaritano (law that exempts from legal liability) · fr obligation d'assistance à personne en danger (law that requires to provide aid to persons) · fr loi du bon Samaritain (law that exempts from legal liability)