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Comment on If at a restaurant a guy is choking and I give them the Heimlich and accidentally break a rib while trying to save his life. Can I be sued?

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Legal questions can’t be answered without information on jurisdiction.

Usually the answer is: yes, you can be sued because you can be sued for anything (suing just means: asking a court to award damages, not actually getting them), doesn’t mean the person suing you will get very far.

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DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
In the US, you're typically protected by good Samaritan laws, so a lawsuit could be filed, but it would almost certainly be dismissed outright.

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