Re: criminally negligent homicide? wrongful death?

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Tristan: I searched there data base. Came up with 0 matches.
that still dosen't mean any thing. Keep searching. Good luck!

On 1/27/06, v wrote:
> Ok! ... That's a loaded question. Here's what ya do. Look this
> up on the web. One place that may tell you, no kiddin, is the
> c.i.a. web site. Now we know as the public from the news. When
> princess Di was killed, by standers in France hav a legal
> obligation to assist. None was mentioned here. Altoh i read that
> some western, midwestern states require citizens carry side arms
> in veiw. Incase help is needed. Statute or not! beats me! FL. to
> passes a carry law to assist the defensless. Law? again ...
> don't know. Try that web site for some easy answers? Maybe. Good
> luck!
>
>
> On 1/26/06, Carol wrote:
>> On 1/25/06, Tristan wrote:
>> There are 2 kinds of law: statutory and common law. There
>> is no common law duty to assist anyone in your scenario. I
>> don't know of any state that has a statute making it a crime
>> to not assist, but you're talking about the people's
>> republic of california, it might be different there.
>> (appologies to Califonians, just couldn't resist.) There
>> are laws to protect good samaritans if they mess up by
>> helping but I don't believe there are any laws that require
>> people to help even if it is with little personal risk. How
>> would one decide how much risk was enough to make it ok not
>> to help? How would risk be evaluated in an emergency
>> situation? See where I'm going? It may be morally wrong to
>> some people not to help their fellow man, but not to all
>> people. Maybe the person who died should haunt him instead
>> of the police arresting him?
>>
>>> hi there,
>>> I'm looking for some legal details for some fiction I'm
>>> writing. Suppose a person witnesses a life-threatening
>>> event such as an auto accident. The witness could easily,
>>> and with little personal risk, have saved the life of the
>>> accident victim. Instead, the witness decides not to help,
>>> and as a result the victim dies. What, if anything, can
>>> this bad samaritan be charged with? If the laws about this
>>> differ by state, let's it takes place in California.
>>>
>>> Any and all ideas, references, explanations are
>> appreciated.
>>> Thanks.
>>> Tristan