On Mon, 26 May 2014 10:02:55 -0400, micky
wrote:

I think all states have good samaritan laws which require a high level
of negligence before a volunteer is liable. But the opposing problem,
legal or not, is that when one person starts to help, often others who
know more won't. If the guy's wearing a tie, onlookers may think he's
a doctor and a much better skilled person might wait quietly, waiting to
see what happens, by which time it's too late. Perhaps a loud
expression of how little training one has before he starts to help would
alleviate some of that.

_California Supreme Court Rules Good Samaritans Can Be Sued_

http://www.torklaw.com/2008/12/california-supreme-court-rules-good-samaritans-can-be-sued/