My friends and I were having a discussion in my AP US Government class because our teacher was absent and we were bored. Anyway, one girl was telling me how, if you're not legally certified and you were to, for example, give someone CPR or the heimlich maneuver, even if you save their life, they can sue you...
She said once she was lifeguarding at a club and somehow a pingpong table fell over on a young girl and the parents wanted to sue for emotional damages or something like that. They club had to settle because their lawyer said the lawsuit could win. I just have 2 questions...
How is it legal that you could sue someone for saving your life just because they weren't certified to do so?
How is it moral to do that? Your life (or child's life) was SAVED, how are you going to morally justify suing someone... are you that cheap and can you possibly want money that much?
I suppose I might understand if someone performed one of those and the person died because (and it should be proved) it was done incorrectly... but come on.
How is this legal? I plan on asking my teacher next time I see him, but I was just curious as to what laws would justify this.
The other Advicenator is 100% correct. However this used to not be the case and someone was actually sued for trying to help, until the laws were changed (everybody take a sigh of relief)
Nowadays you have to be careful with sue happy morons. Um... Don't get me started. Okay, I'll say even how moronic they could possibly be, their life is still worth it.
Here's a scenario. Say you are walking in a forest with someone and it's just you and them. You are miles away from a hospital.
They are bit by a venomous snake.
Do you,
A: perform first aid, even though you might have failed the first aid class? After all you are that person's only hope.
B: Let them die?
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Yeah, I just can't stand how people are so sue-happy these days. People need to get a grip. Sure, I'd probably rather be dead than "not-there" mentally... but I'd be happy that someone cared enough to save my life! =]
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