Negligence, Other Injury Failure to call for emergency assistance

[BRUCE]

Jurisdiction

Virginia

A young woman sustained injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident. She went to her father's home where the door was opened by her father's new wife, who told the injured young woman that the young woman was not welcome there and she would not call for medical assistance. Does the injured person have a case against the person who refused assistance?

 

[cbg]

No. The person who refused assistance does not have a duty under the law to provide it.

 

[adjusterjack]

Is the young woman the only woman in the US who doesn't have a cell phone with which to call 911?

How about at the scene of the accident? Surely, somebody there could have called for medical assistance.

Lastly, if the young woman could make it as far as her father's home unaided, why couldn't she make it to the emergency room?

You know what, I think there's a troll at work here.

 

[Betty3]

Short answer - No!

 

[adjusterjack]

After sustaining injuries in an automobile accident, a young woman didn't think she was capable think her vehicle was able to be driven to an emergency care facility, nor was she capable of driving the automobile because of her injuries. This being the case, she walked to her recently divorced but remarried father's house. Her father's new wife answered the door. The new wife told the injured young woman that she wasn't welcome there and should leave. The injured young woman then asked her father's new wife to at least call emergency services or her father. Her father's new wife refused to go and a gain told the injured young woman to leave.

No need to be sneaky by posting the same question under a different user name. I deleted your other post.

The additional information doesn't change anything.

 

[cbg]

The answer is still no, and for the same reason.