California Becomes The Anti Good Samaritan State With Lawyer Friendly Ruling

As soon as some Hollywood member or some other self important liberal dies on a sidewalk when "passers by" do exactly that instead of offering non medical assistance thanks to this Cali Supreme Court ruling, the law will miraculously be reversed, but until that day innocent people will simply die as good Samaritans now face legal action for trying to do the right thing. Not any more in California, that's for sure..

What can we expect from the court that routinely overturns the will of the supermajority of citizens ballot initiatives seen here..

and a state that tolerates the 9th circuit's wacky legislating from the bench rulings time and time again?

California Supreme Court allows good Samaritans to be sued for nonmedical care

- Los Angeles Times: "Being a good Samaritan in California just got a little riskier.

Being a good Samaritan in California just got a little riskier.

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a young woman who pulled a co-worker from a crashed vehicle isn't immune from civil liability because the care she rendered wasn't medical.

The divided high court appeared to signal that rescue efforts are the responsibility of trained professionals. It was also thought to be the first ruling by the court that someone who intervened in an accident in good faith could be sued.

Lisa Torti of Northridge allegedly worsened the injuries suffered by Alexandra Van Horn by yanking her "like a rag doll" from the wrecked car on Topanga Canyon Boulevard.

Torti now faces possible liability for injuries suffered by Van Horn, a fellow department store cosmetician who was rendered a paraplegic in the accident that ended a night of Halloween revelry in 2004.

But in a sharp dissent, three of the seven justices said that by making a distinction between medical care and emergency response, the court was placing "an arbitrary and unreasonable limitation" on protections for those trying to help.

In 1980, the Legislature enacted the Health and Safety Code, which provides that "no person who in good faith, and not for compensation, renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency shall be liable for any civil damages resulting from any act or omission." continued

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