good samaritan doctrine

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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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Good Samaritan doctrine 〈美〉行善人原则 侵权法上的一项原则，某人在对处于紧急危险中的他人进行救助时受伤的，则其可以对因过错而造成危险的人提起诉讼要求赔偿，并且对其不得适用混合过失原则〔contributory negligence〕，除非其救助意图或救助行为不合理。该原则的目的在于对见义勇为者给予更多的法律保护，在美国大多数州制定有相应的法律。「行善人」〔Good Samaritan〕源于基督教《圣经》的《路加福音》。 (→emergency doctrine)

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