152 N.C. App. 94 - Hutton v. Logan’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “While [the] legislature could have been more precise in its language granting immunity to the Good Samaritan, we hold that [our Good Samaritan statute] insulates the rescuer from liability for ordinary negligence from the person rescued only. In light of the intent behind Good Samaritan statutes to remedy the gap left by the common law in allowing the person rescued to sue the rescuer, it does not appear reasonable that our legislature intended to provide a blanket immunity as to all persons other than the person rescued. Rescuers must stand on their own and defend suits maintained by third parties who were allegedly injured as a result of the rescuer's negligent conduct during the rescue attempt.”

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2. “[t]he general concentration of [Good Samaritan] statutes is on insulating the rescuer from liability for negligence to the person rescued.”

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3. “at the scene of a motor vehicle crash on any street or highway to any person injured as a result of the accident[.]”

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