Where can I find Californias Good Samaritan law?
From Division 2.5 of the California Health and Safety Code: “1799.102. No person who in good faith, and not for compensation, renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency shall be liable for any civil damages resulting from any act or omission. The scene of an emergency shall not include emergency departments and other places where medical care is usually offered.” A scary appellate court ruling, though, has placed its interpretation in question. In “Van Horn v. Torti” Alexandria Van Horn was in a car that left the road in the early hours of the morning on her way home from a bar, and hit a lamppost. Lisa Torti, in another car, saw the crash. After the wreck, van Horn couldn’t move, and smoke began pouring from the car. Lisa Torti, fearing the car was going to burst into flames, pulled van Horn from the car. After she was treated at the hospital, van Horn was found to be paralyzed. She sued Torti, claiming that she was negligent in the way she pulled her from the car after the a
