Greed Kills Kindness

Today I read about a lawsuit in California. You can read it here. The short version is a car impaled itself on a light pole at 45 mph. Lisa Torti was a witness to the accident and took it upon herself to take action and help. She ended up lifting the front passenger Alexandra Van Horn out of the car and to a safe location. Most people would find this a modern act of heroism. But not Van Horn, she is now a paraplegic and believes that it was not the head on collision at 45mph into a light pole that caused this, but instead being lifted and carried out of the car.

So now charges are being pressed against Torti. You would think she would be protected under California's "Good Samaritan" law, but the 2nd District Court ruled that the law only protects those administering "emergency care". So if for some reason the courts decide that the conditions Van Horn suffers from are related not to the car crash, but instead the helpful escape from the car, Torti is left with little to defend herself. Knowing how good the Justice system in California is I don't see anything good coming from this case. Its these kinds of unjust lawsuits to obtain money at someone else's expense that have slowly drained society of more and more of its good natured citizens. Why risk your own well being for someone else's in a society where these kinds of lawsuits are common and often successful?