A older woman was standing at the secretary desk. She began to faint and the secretary called for someone to help her. I ran up and grabbed her from her underarms and layed her on the floor before she fell completely. She was probably in her mid 60's and she had health problems. The ambulance arrived and took her away. I remember when putting her on the floor I didn't really support her head and it kind of did a light bounce on the floor when placing her there. The nurse thanked me for helping. She forgot who helped her when she woke up however when the nurse asked her did she hit her head while going down she said no. However i'm worried that I could be sued. I remeber cases where people helped people during heart attacks and they end up getting sued. Can that happen to me in this case.....
2006-06-06 03:30:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Good Samaratin laws should protect you, unless you have training as a qualified medical profesional. They could sue you , shoot, if a woman can sue McDonolds for spilling coffee on her own lap you can sue for pretty much anything, but if you hired a decent lawyer, I doubt it would go anywere.
2006-06-06 03:37:36 · answer #1 · answered by Oilfield 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no, the Good Samaritan laws protect you from getting sued. Look at it this way...if you hadn't been there, she would have hit her head very hard on the ground, so it was better that you were there. These laws exist so that you won't be deterred from helping someone in the future. Thanks for taking action, and I would want you by me if I were in the same predicament.
2006-06-06 03:36:01 · answer #2 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything is possible but I doubt anything will come of this. You did the right thing by helping and didn't intentionally set out to bang her head. Besides she would probably have sustained a bigger injury if you hadn't helped. Good luck and don't worry.
2006-06-06 03:35:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was told that in order for someone to sue you in that kind of case, they will have to prove that they would have been better off without your help. I think she might have had way more damages is she had fallen with no support. You should be fine.
2006-06-06 04:39:22 · answer #4 · answered by tmac 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can be sued if your state does not have a good samaritan law. What state do you live in?
2006-06-06 05:35:51 · answer #5 · answered by word_man7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you didnt hurt her that badly otherwise she woudnt have come round yet,
2006-06-06 03:35:08 · answer #6 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋