Euphoria14 said:
Xbbjf9s said:
Kasz216 said:
Euphoria14 said:
Kasz216 said:
dsister said:
Kasz216 said:
... in a court of law. Funny how people forget that last part.
That said... if he did to it... he was on break.
Could he of did something that would of helped? Maybe. Maybe not... but he wasn't obligated to.
If he tried to help but it didn't help... would his insurance cover lawsuits? They usually don't when your working off the company time.
If he did it... it was a pretty douchey thing to do... but i'm not ready to judge based on a very limited understanding of the situation.
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what do you mean from the first line?
Also the Good Samartin Law would have protected him from lawsuits in case of any wrong doing.
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I mean, it's in a court of law. It has nothing to do with day to day being judged. You can often be treated guilty without proven in outside of a court of law. For example if something goes missing at an office and they're pretty sure it was you who took it they can fire you.
Innocent until proven guilty is only used that way because the other way would be more unfair when it comes to harsh legal penalties.
As for good samartian laws. They vary from state to state and are disgarded if it's considered the person acted "recklessly.
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My girlfriend says she is not sure on how it works for EMT's, but in the state of NY Nurses and the like are pretty much obligated to help and seeing how one of these guys is from Long Island (where I live) I am sure he probably fell under the same laws that she now does.
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That's just... bizare. Never heard of a law like that.
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not law, it comes with the job...they HAVE to help, part of their oath.
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If I read this story right the woman who died was in the same place as these EMTs?
If so I believe they should not have been suspended, but fired from their jobs for not obeying the oath they swore to when they accepted their jobs.
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yeah she was in the bathroom, had to be no more than 30ft away
