good samaritan doctrine

Good Samaritan doctrine (s[schwa]-mar-i-t[schwa]n).Torts. The principle that a person who is injured while attempting to aid another in imminent danger, and who then sues the one whose negligence created the danger, will not be charged with contributory negligence unless the rescue attempt is an unreasonable one or the rescuer acts unreasonably in performing the attempted rescue. Cf. EMERGENCY DOCTRINE; RESCUE DOCTRINE; LOST-CHANCE DOCTRINE. [Cases: Negligence 510(3). C.J.S. Negligence §§ 240, 317.]

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