Legal Question in Personal Injury in Rhode Island

I'm a town employee working for the school department. I've been asked to learn CPR. If I perform CPR and a negative result occurs, who assumes criminal and civil liabilities?


Asked on 9/27/15, 12:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert S. Bruzzi Law Offices of Robert S. Bruzzi

RI has a "protective, so-called Good Samaritan" law. It reads:

No person who voluntarily and gratuitously renders emergency assistance to a person in need thereof including the administration of life saving treatment to those persons suffering from anaphylactic shock shall be liable for civil damages which result from acts or omissions by such persons rendering the emergency care, which may constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton conduct.

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Answered on 9/28/15, 8:24 am


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