GOOD SAMARITAN DOCTRINE

Good Samaritan doctrine (s<<schwa>>-mar-i-t<<schwa>>n).Torts. The principle that a

person who is injured while attempting to aid another in imminent danger, and who then sues the

one whose negligence created the danger, will not be charged with contributory negligence unless

the rescue attempt is an unreasonable one or the rescuer acts unreasonably in performing the

attempted rescue. Cf. EMERGENCY DOCTRINE; RESCUE DOCTRINE; LOST-CHANCE

DOCTRINE. [Cases: Negligence 510(3). C.J.S. Negligence §§ 240, 317.] [Blacks Law 8^th]