What happened to the "good samaritian" law?

A month or two ago AOPA had a article about a "good samaritan" bill that
would help protect pilots who fly for charity. AOPA asked the members
to write to their congress critters to urge them to pass the bill.

I haven't heard anything about how that turned out. Anyone have
information on it? I have a feeling that it stalled because I think
AOPA would have announced its passage.

I have to admit, the liability issue is one of the reasons that I don't
fly Angel Flights.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:39:43 GMT, "Jimmy B."
wrote:

I have to admit, the liability issue is one of the reasons that I don't
fly Angel Flights.

I know a doctor who won't wear a cadesus (however spelled on his
car because he fears being stopped by police at the scene of an
accident, thus exposing him to a lawsuit.


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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:39:43 GMT, "Jimmy B."
wrote:

I have to admit, the liability issue is one of the reasons that I don't
fly Angel Flights.

I know a doctor who won't wear a cadesus (however spelled on his
car because he fears being stopped by police at the scene of an
accident, thus exposing him to a lawsuit.


Those snake thingies are called Medusas.

Doctors stopped putting them on their cars YEARS ago...long before the
current liability fiasco took hold.

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:39:43 GMT, "Jimmy B."
wrote:

I have to admit, the liability issue is one of the reasons that I don't
fly Angel Flights.

I know a doctor who won't wear a cadesus (however spelled on his
car because he fears being stopped by police at the scene of an
accident, thus exposing him to a lawsuit.

Those snake thingies are called Medusas.

No, they're called caducei (singular: caduceus). A caduceus depicts two
intertwined snakes. (Medusa was a character in Greek mythology whose hair
turned into snakes.)

--Gary

"Jimmy B." wrote in message
k.net...
I have to admit, the liability issue is one of the reasons that I don't
fly Angel Flights.

Has anyone ever been sued for flying an Angel Flight mission? I'd think the
chance would be less than when flying random friends and neighbors, since 1)
Angel Flight generates much goodwill, and 2) there's a liability waiver that
the passengers must sign (not absolute protection, but still better than
nothing).

--Gary

To the best of my knowledge, there have been ZERO suits of Angel Flight
pilots with regard to any mission flown.

Given some of the frivilous lawsuits that are filed in the US every
day, well... you can pretty much sue anyone for anything. Doesn't mean
you are going to win. At some point you just have to make a judgement
call about how you want to live your life. A doctor refusing to stop
and render aid for fear he might be sued??? Maybe he SHOULD be sued...
for not helping when he could.

jmk wrote:

A doctor refusing to stop and render aid for fear he might be sued???

I thought that these US-based lawsuits were exactly what the "Good
Samaritan" law passed so many years ago was designed to prevent? Is this
not the case anymore?

--
Peter
























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Good Samaritan laws vary from state to state.

Gary Drescher wrote:
"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:39:43 GMT, "Jimmy B."
wrote:


I have to admit, the liability issue is one of the reasons that I don't
fly Angel Flights.

I know a doctor who won't wear a cadesus (however spelled on his
car because he fears being stopped by police at the scene of an
accident, thus exposing him to a lawsuit.

Those snake thingies are called Medusas.


No, they're called caducei (singular: caduceus). A caduceus depicts two
intertwined snakes. (Medusa was a character in Greek mythology whose hair
turned into snakes.)

--Gary



But actually, the symbol of medicine is the staff of Asclepius, which
has only one snake. This pretty well tells the tale:

http://www.in-ta.net/info/aesculapius/iatros.html

David

"Peter R." wrote in message
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jmk wrote:

A doctor refusing to stop and render aid for fear he might be sued???

I thought that these US-based lawsuits were exactly what the "Good
Samaritan" law passed so many years ago was designed to prevent? Is this
not the case anymore?

They are in effect in some states. They don't cover doctors.