Random As Rhyme

The lady in the video is suing her co worker for pulling her out of a car which the co worker thought  was going to catch fire. Apparently while  being pulled out her  back was broken  and  she is now a paraplegic. The video does not say whether or not the vehicle would have caught fire before emergency help arrived, which would have been interesting to know.

The way the law in America is currently set up means that good Samaritans can  and  are liable for any damage they cause while  ‘helping’ the person  in  trouble.

The video  kind of paints the  co worker in a  bad light, saying they should  not have treated  the victim  like a rag doll.  However, what if the co worker didn’t pull her  out and the car blew up and she died. Would the  co  worker then  be responsible for her  death,  is it better to leave  someone  in somewhat  foreseeable danger to protect them from what  most people can’t see?

I wonder if  storys like this will lead  to  less  people helping  out fellow human beings when  they are in trouble for fear  of being sued.

I have never been first on  the scene in  an accident but I can’t imagine  asking someone to sign a waiver saying they won’t  sue me before I pull them  out of a wrecked vehicle. I wonder how Canadian law  is  set  up, and if its worth  looking into.

I think if I were to ever come across some sort of serious accident I wouldn’t move  the  person if at all  possible, but  if  they were in the path of further immediate danger I don’t  think I  could just leave them there to get  destroyed,  I also don’t  believe that is human nature.

However  if this person can  then  sue me  for everything I am worth I might  have to put human nature in for my own  financial self preservation.

This could lead to  a very self serving society if more situations  like this occur.

Tags: America, Interesting, Laws