A duty to rescue is a concept in tort law and criminal law under which a party can, in some circumstances, be held legally liable for failing to come to the aid of another person facing potential injury or death. The extent of the duty varies greatly between jurisdictions, and in common law systems it is rarely imposed by statute in a way that attaches legal penalties to a failure to rescue, though the absence of a legal duty does not remove the separate ethical arguments many make for a moral duty to rescue even where the law imposes none. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core PrincipleA party can, in some circumstances, be held legally liable for failing to come to the rescue of another who faces potential injury or death. 2 Classification
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a concept in tort law and criminal law... a party can be held liable for failing to come to the rescue of another partyView the Source 2. Duty to rescue (Wikipedia)
Introduction, opening sentence
A duty to rescue is a concept in tort law and criminal law that arises in a number of cases, describing a circumstance in which a party can be held liable for failing to come to the rescue of another party who could face potential injury or death without being rescued.
In Legal System: Common Law, Lead paragraph
In common law systems, it is rarely formalized in statutes which would bring the penalty of law down upon those who fail to rescue.
In Group: Negligence and Duty of Care Doctrines, Introduction, sentence 1
A duty to rescue is a concept in tort law and criminal law that arises in a number of cases, describing a circumstance in which a party can be held liable for failing to come to the rescue of another party who could face potential injury or death without being rescued.
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