Eagle River woman dead - Whittier, Alaska
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Boarderguy
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That depends on why you stopped. If you're physically incapable of continuing then nothing. If you just decide it isn't worth it then I'm sure there is some obscure manslaughter charge or civil suit the estate could levy against you.
wgw04024
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That's far to vague to even consider worrying about from a law point of view.
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Either way, if I could physically keep it up, I'd hate to give up. The news story mentions "officers" so I guess that there were at least two who took turns with compressions and mouth-to-mouth until paramedics could arrive. I admire their heroic attempts and am sorry they left the scene defeated.
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Except that says there is usually not one: "In the common law of most English-speaking countries, there is no general duty to come to the rescue of another.[1] Generally, a person cannot be held liable for doing nothing while another person is in peril"
wgw04024
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Considering this, all someone would need to do would be to say they 'don't know how', or (as politicians do) 'forgot' how to do cpr properly.
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