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When Good Samaritans are Injured or Cause Injury
Do Good Deeds Always Go Unpunished? Sometimes a good Samaritan unintentionally causes further injury to someone they are trying to help; or, a person gets injured trying rescue another person. What are the rules? Good Samaritan. By statute in Washington a good Samaritan in generally not liable for ordinary negligence. A good Samaritan is liable […]
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