H. B. 2011
(By Delegate Morgan (By Request))
[Introduced January 11, 2007; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §55-7-15 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to liability of persons voluntarily
rendering aid to another in peril; and narrowing the exemption
from liability for persons who voluntarily render aid to
another person who is injured in an accident or a crime when
the person takes reasonable actions to aid a person by
providing that the injuries must be life threatening.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §55-7-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. ACTIONS FOR INJURIES.
§55-7-15. Aid to victim of accident and victim of crime; immunity
from civil liability.
No person, including a person licensed to practice medicine or
dentistry, who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an accident or to a victim at the scene of a crime, without
remuneration,
shall be is liable for any civil damages as the
result of any act or omission in rendering
such the emergency care
if the injury to the victim of the accident or crime is life
threatening.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to narrow the exemption
from liability for persons who voluntarily render aid to another
person who is injured in an accident or a crime when the person
takes reasonable actions to aid a person by providing that the
injuries must be life threatening.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.