Good Samaritan law

English Noun Good Samaritan law en legal A law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled. en legal A law that requires able persons, without putting themselves at risk, to provide reasonable aid to persons who are injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled. en Eduardo Medina As a Woman Was Raped, Train Riders Failed to Intervene, Police Say The New York Times 2021-10-17 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/us/riders-watched-woman-raped-septa.html 0362-4331 It was not immediately clear what those charges could be, and Mr. Bernhardt said he did not want to speculate. He added that Pennsylvania does not have a good Samaritan law and said it would be “very difficult to bring charges against those” who witnessed the attack but did not intervene. https://web.archive.org/web/20260106091907/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/us/riders-watched-woman-raped-septa.html 6 January 2026 Translations law that exempts from legal liability French: fr loi du bon Samaritain f Polish: pl prawo dobrego Samarytanina n Spanish: es ley del buen samaritano f law that requires to provide aid to persons French: fr loi du bon Samaritain f, France obligation d'assistance à personne en danger Spanish: es ley del buen samaritano f en Medicine