Good Samaritan law

English

Noun

Good Samaritan law (plural Good Samaritan laws)

1. (law) 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.
2. (law) A law that requires able persons, without putting themselves at risk, to provide reasonable aid to persons who are injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.
   • 2021 October 17, Eduardo Medina, “As a Woman Was Raped, Train Riders Failed to Intervene, Police Say”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

Translations

law that exempts from legal liability

• French: loi du bon Samaritain f
• Polish: prawo dobrego Samarytanina n
• Spanish: ley del buen samaritano f

law that requires to provide aid to persons

• French: loi du bon Samaritain f, (France) obligation d'assistance à personne en danger
• Spanish: ley del buen samaritano f