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ale_capone Member
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Snowdog Member
Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 1028 | TRs | Pics Location: on (& off) the beaten path |
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Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:41 am
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thank you for sharing-
'we don't have time for a shortcut'
'we don't have time for a shortcut'
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Sallie4jo Member
Joined: 24 Jun 2009 Posts: 220 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
What a story, thanks for sharing ..
I choose to live in a landscape of hope.
Terry Tempest Williams
I choose to live in a landscape of hope.
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Gil Member
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Sun Jan 24, 2021 12:32 pm
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Ohmigosh that is heart-breaking! Thank goodness the two of them were there to save that guy.
Friends help the miles go easier.
Klahini
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Kellbell Member
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Sun Jan 24, 2021 12:59 pm
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Enjoyed the story. Makes me think about my own attitudes toward the homeless. Would I have less of desire to help someone because of who they are? When we walk by homeless people so frequently, it's hard not to acknowledge that they are treated with a different urgency than the rest of the public. It makes me sad and I wish I knew how to change it. Anyway, thank you for sharing.
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Stefan Member
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Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:53 am
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this "liability" thing is real as said from the guided sledder. There are ways people have sued by getting around the "good samaritan" laws we have. Sometimes, not successful....it will make your life hell. A lawyer in Tacoma with some experience has advised me of the same thing.
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Schroder Member
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Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:07 pm
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Stefan wrote: | this "liability" thing is real as said from the guided sledder. There are ways people have sued by getting around the "good samaritan" laws we have. Sometimes, not successful....it will make your life hell. A lawyer in Tacoma with some experience has advised me of the same thing. |
Anybody can be sued for anything. I've been sued at least 4 times on search and rescues & they were thrown out by a judge before they got anywhere because of Good Samaritan laws. If you think that's a reason for not helping out someone dying in the mountains you're not much of a human being.
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texasbb Misplaced Texan
Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 1153 | TRs | Pics Location: Tri-Cities, WA |
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Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:55 pm
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Good Samaritan laws vary from state to state and situation to situation. There can be exceptions for "willful negligence," "recklessness," and what have you. Such exceptions are especially dangerous for someone whose profession is related to the assistance.
Like in the referenced article, where someone makes a living as a snowmobile guide, it's hardly inhuman to ponder the downsides. Even a cheap lawyer could probably sell a jury on the idea that someone who drives snowmobiles for a living "knew or should have known" that the unplanned rider would freeze to death on the way out or fall off and break his/her neck or whatever.
It's sad, but there are enough idiotic laws, judges, jurors, and insurance companies to give one pause. In this case it sounds like the guy did pause, thought about it, then eventually decided to take the risk.
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