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To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (135308)	8/30/2005 4:41:47 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793590

Most states have Good Samaritan laws which vary from state to state, but, as you say, they exist to protect Good Samaritans from prosecution. If you volunteer then you can't be sued. In Virginia, for example, a health care provider who tries to save somebody in an emergency is immune from civil liability in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct. But, it's also true that your state may have laws requiring you to volunteer in an emergency. Virginia has a law that allows the local police or sheriff to deputize you in the event of an emergency -- I have seen this done when a bridge was washed out in a local county, they grabbed motorists passing by and people living in the area and had them signaling traffic. I doubt that anybody would say no unless they had a real issue or attitude problem, and then who wants them?