Posted by Roni on March 26, 1998 at 16:32:50:
In Reply to: Re: Second Question posted by linda on March 26, 1998 at 16:25:48:
: : Does anyone have any examples of situations involving the Good Samaritan law? What are some legal issues involved
: A case would be if a physician who comes upon a scene of an accident and stops to aid the victims of the accident has acted as a Good Samaritan. If the physician later
: sends a bill for the emergency services, this is no longer a Good Samaritan action. There also was a man who passed out while
: his wife was in the process for delivery, the physician help the husband up and sat him on a bed and then continue on with the
: wife and minutes later the man fell off the bed and then wanted to sue the physician and the hospital.
According to the example on the web page I was referred to, the doctor must to render care once he started until another medical care provider gets there or the pt is no longer in need of medical attention. But I don't see how this is possible in this case since he is delivering a baby.