Let's say that I somehow accidentally seriously injure someone. Now, this injury is that of which the average person would survive. However, this particular person whom I injured isn't a very happy person, and has no will to live, thereby succumbing to his/her injury and dieing. However, if they had a reason to live, they would have easily recovered.
My question is, in this situation, could I be blamed for their death, or would that be considered, in part, to be suicide? I have a feeling the law wouldn't be on my side, but what about technicallity or morally?
2007-08-26 22:18:42 · 6 answers · asked by archonrouge23 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You are liable for being contributory to the death of a person because the remote cause of the death was the injury that you caused.
2007-08-26 22:25:42 · answer #1 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accidental Death, Often settled out of court, or by a civil suit.
However, Intent on your part could come up. As well as being under the influence of any thing. Worst case... North Carolina state laws...no more than 15 to life.
2007-08-27 05:28:22 · answer #2 · answered by new81complex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could not prove the person had the will to live or die, or that doing so would have changed the end result. You would be held on the physical merits of the situation you describe and any district attorney would file charges.
2007-08-27 05:28:48 · answer #3 · answered by ZoneRider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know much about law but... surely it depends on how accidental it is? there's carelessness at the expense of others, and then there are COMPLETE accidents. if you punched someone cos you were annoyed and it ended up leading to their death, you could be blamed, but say you were walking along and you collapsed because you were sick and by fainting you knocked someone onto the road and they were hit by a car. sorry if that's a ridiculous hypothesis but surely in that case you weren't at any fault?
whereas, say if you had an airconditioner precariously balanced on your window ledge and it fell on someone's head... it's probably something you should have thought about, like speeding in your car...
i don't know, there are just so many degrees of "accidental".. don't you think?
2007-08-27 05:33:05 · answer #4 · answered by birdmadgirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you would be at fault as there is no real measure of "will to live" that can be used to free you from legal guilt...
Morally, it might help you sleep at night to consider other causes for the person's death...
2007-08-27 05:28:12 · answer #5 · answered by Will 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that will still be blamed on you.. you'd probably get charged with homicide for that, or worse.. depending on what you did and how you did it.. Even if a person doesn't die immediately, the fact that he died due to injuries that you caused makes you liable for it...
2007-08-27 05:30:39 · answer #6 · answered by weswrongwithlovingyou 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋