if you beat someone up really badly, almost to death. They go to hospital and with good care they begin to recuperate. But then there is say a huge disaster nearby and all the medical personnel are focused on the disaster patients and neglect the first patient, who ends up dying due to lack of medical care. Likely they would not have died with the medical care they'd have received if disaster hadn't happened.
2006-09-21 05:38:42 · 10 answers · asked by Joy_Brigade 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yup. There is a legal term of art called "proximate cause" which is simply the biggest reason something happened. In the scenario you gave, the biggest reason this person died is because you beat that person up very badly. So not only are you guilty of murder, you are also liable if the family decides to file a wrongful death suit against you.
2006-09-21 05:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. they died from medical negligence.
just because there's a disaster doesnt mean a hospital has the right to neglect current patients.
2006-09-21 05:46:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the law, the hospital would be held accountable for negligence. I would get off on a clean slate for muder; aggrevated assult, I would more than likely be charged.
2006-09-21 05:46:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 06:28:05 · answer #4 · answered by mathison 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you were not beating this person up in self-defense, the law would assume that you were the cause of the death.
2006-09-21 05:48:37 · answer #5 · answered by Mark 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you wouldn't be guilty of murder, because you wouldn't have known that your actions would have that effect. However, beating someone up like that is still a pretty bad thing to do, unless it's in self-defense (in which case it's not murder no matter what you do to them).
2006-09-21 05:46:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. You set the wheels in motion that led to a death. Same as if you run over someone and kill them while fleeing from a robbery. If someone dies as a result of your criminal activity, however indirectly, you are responsible for it.
2006-09-21 05:41:53 · answer #7 · answered by All hat 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No....in fact, I would probably get a better nights sleep than usual.
2006-09-21 05:46:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to think better thoughts and hopefully come up with better questions!
2006-09-21 05:46:57 · answer #9 · answered by citizen ex 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good heavens, what a heinous scenario! Lighten up, please!!!
2006-09-21 05:46:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋