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The Good Samaritan Rule in Negligence Cases

WHAT IS THE GOOD SAMARITAN RULE? When a person chooses to protect someone else, but does so in a negligent manner that causes further harm to the person protected, the “Good Samaritan Rule” (also called the voluntary undertaking rule) may apply. If so, the “Good Samaritan” (a reference to the Biblical story of the same name,… Read More »