...The Good Samaritan Sometimes in life you will meet someone who is in need of your help. In some cases you might not even know the person; you just happen to be the one in a million who is at the right place at the right time. Most likely you will try to figure out at once how you might possibly be able to help the person in need. Concerning the level of the needed help you will find the answer more or less simple, but nonetheless it is quite a decision to let someone into your life in order to help them. Your decision may be influenced by your principles, moral and conscience, and in some cases you know that whatever you decide to do the decision will probably affect somebody’s life for ages if not the rest of their life. Steward Dunlop’s short-story “The Good Samaritan” takes up the theme of being helpful to a person in need as the narrator finds herself in this particular kind of situation when she meets Laylor in a lavatory of the National Portrait Gallery. She is a Londoner. This being the first thing she tells about herself means that obviously it is a rather central part of her character. By stamping herself as a characteristic Londoner she implies that she is quite withdrawn from her surroundings: “I am not in the habit of making friends of strangers. I’m a Londoner. Not even little grey-haired old ladies passing comment on the weather can shame a response from me. I’m a Londoner – aloof sweats from my pores.” (p.1 l.l.1-3) She even repeats that she is a Londoner to emphasize...
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...Good Samaritan Act Colorado/Louisiana LaNita D. Scott Afternoon Class February 28, 2013 Good Samaritan Act Colorado/Louisiana The Good Samaritan Act is legal terms in which refers to individuals who in good faith, volunteer to help other individuals in need of medical attention. In return the person giving the help must be responsibly with the injured person life. Each state offer good Samaritans immunity for assisting. For those good Samaritans who negligent cause the injured person more injures they could be held liable for any civil damages. There are individuals in this world that try and help others every day. Then there are others who will not help due to the fact that they are afraid to get into trouble because of these laws. There are several states that have adopted the Good Samaritan Act. Colorado and Louisiana are two that have established these laws within their state. In Louisiana, if an emergency medical technician give their service to help another individual out during an emergency situation and do not arrange for further medical treatment will be liable for any civil damage. Colorado also states, that if a licensed physician and surgeon renders help and it leads up to negligent on the patient, that individual rending the services will be held liable only if that patient is not obligated to be covered by him or her. Louisiana holds everyone liable for their actions no matter what. Whereas, Colorado only hold the individual who is the Good Samaritan liable...
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...be a nurses aide, by the Good Samaritan Center located in Lovington, New Mexico. While working at the Good Samaritan center, Mitchell was given additional duties of handing out medications. There started to be issues with Mitchell not following the dress code, singing and not wanting to hand out medications. Mrs. Mitchell (appellee) was terminated on June 4, 1974 from Lovington Good Samaritan Center, INC. for alleged misconduct. June 12, 1974 Mrs. Mitchell applied for unemployment compensation benefits and was denied her benefits. July 24 1974, Mrs. Mitchell applied for an appeal. The issue of this case is whether the petitioner’s actions constituted misconduct if so as to disqualify her from certain unemployment compensation benefits. Under s 59-9-5(b), N.M.S.A.1953 The term “misconduct” is not defined in unemployment law for New Mexico. New Mexico adopted Wisconsin's 259-60,296 N.W. 636, 640 (1941) term for “misconduct”. The final decision was to reinstate Mitchells Commission due to the fact that her conduct was never severe enough to utilize the “last straw” doctrine. Using the “last straw” method an employer can rely on the doctrine for terminating an employee, where the termination is justified by a series of incidents of poor performance, followed by a final incident showing a blatant disregard for the employer's interests. In this case the Source: Kaplan University PA205 Unit 3 assignment case Mitchell v. Lovington Good Samaritan center Inc.,1976 Mitchell v...
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...The Good Samaritan Act is an act that lets people to give emergency medical care without the fear of being sued if something goes wrong. This acted is established differently in each state. This act promotes people to help others in any emergency that occurs. In the state of New Jersey the act was established in the year of 2013. New Jersey was the 44th state to pass the Good Samaritan law. The Good Samaritan Act now alone people in the state of New Jersey to aid someone without the danger of getting sued. The Good Samaritan law helped and protected people who used the AED or also known as automated external defibrillator. People believe that after the act was established more people would own AED and there would be more in the public. The...
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...| Good Samaritan Law Definition - A Good Samaritan in legal terms refers to someone who renders aid in an emergency to an injured person on a voluntary basis. What Is The Good Samaritan Law The "Good Samaritan Law" is the legal term that refers to someone who renders aid in an emergency to an injured person on a voluntary basis. The Good Samaritan laws offers legal protection to the person that gives reasonable assistance to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise incapacitated. They made this law to encourage people to offer assistance without the fear of being sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or wrongful death (Good Samaritan law, 2009). Most overdoses occur in the presence of other people and take several hours to cause death. However, research finds that in up to half of cases, no one calls for help. 911 calls are also often delayed as witnesses try ineffective methods of reviving people such as slapping them or dousing them with cold water. The most common reason given for not calling 911 or for delaying help seeking is fear of arrest and prosecution (Szalavitz, 2011). Who Does It Protected Most of the Good Samaritan laws are specifically made for the public and each law protects different individuals. A person will be protected under the Good Samaritan laws as long as he or she has good intentions to aid the victim to the best of his or her ability during a medical emergency. Under some Good Samaritan Laws, as long as medical...
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...its origins from the 2009 Law Reform Commission consultation paper which essentially outlined a framework for the drafting of legislation. Furthermore analysing case law and statue from our jurisdiction and abroad, which was applied in the only real substantive case in Ireland to date, O’Neill v Dunnes Stores Ltd To determine the position of the rescuer in Ireland several factors were considered by the LRC such as the moral versus legal question of a duty to intervene, how intervention affects society and with an increasing level of litigation in modern Ireland, how the courts should view subsequent cases for and against Good Samaritans and Voluntary organisations. LRC Consultation Paper The recognition and protection of persons providing voluntary assistance has been addressed by the LRC Consultation Paper on Civil Liability of Good Samaritans and Volunteers, which proposes the introduction of a statute restricting the liability of such persons who intervene as rescuers. The recommendations in the paper essentially aimed to clarify the confusing position of rescuers in Ireland through the implementation of statute. Section 5.01 of the recommendations states “The Commission recommends that there should be no reform of the law to impose a duty on citizens in general” Historically, common law countries have hesitated to a positive duty to intervene, McMahon and Binchy note that common law has been completely opposed to the imposition of affirmative duties, in particular...
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...Plaintiff (Mrs. Mitchell) was terminated from her job at Lovington good Samaritan Center, Inc., due to alleged misconduct. Plaintiff then filed for unemployment compensation benefits. Due to the finding from the deputy of the Unemployment Security Commission Mrs. Mitchell was denied benefits for seven weeks. Plaintiff appealed the decision and was granted her money. The Unemployment center appealed that ruling and the first ruling went back into effect. Mrs. Mitchell appealed that ruling applied for and was granted certiorari from the decision. The Plaintiff’s money was reinstated to her by the District Court. Mrs. Mitchell was terminated from her job on June 4, 1974. On April 2 and April 3, 1974, Plaintiff went to work out of uniform. The first day she was told to go home and change she refused to do so, however, on the second day she did as she was told. Then on May 15, 1974, the plaintiff was singing while working, it was reported as unethical and time- consuming. Another incident happened on May 24, 1974. Mrs. Mitchell was told to change from medications to the floor routine. She was told why she was being switched but she was not co-operative. From that day unit June 4, 1974 Mrs. Mitchell refused to do her job. On June 4, 1974 Mrs. Mitchell went to work on time, and started filling out her time card. She filled it out for the whole hour shift. When a supervisor asked her about it she told him she was planning on working all 8 hours. He said something else and she became...
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...James version it was like Yoda was talking, or like reading Shakespeare. In the Living Bible it was much easier for me to understand it was written like how we speak now. When the Samaritan gave the inn keeper money the King James version used the word pence where as the Living Bible used the terminology of two 20 dollar bills. I feel that the Living Bible makes more sense for me to understand. What is the historical context of the story. In other words, why is it important that the hero of the story is a Samaritan (who is a Samaritan?) The historical context of the story is to teach people how to be a Christian or how to be more Christ like in their ways, and to follow moses' law. I think it was so important that the hero of the story was a Samaritan because, of the history and the dislike or as the bible describes it despising each other between Jews and Samaritans. It was a Jew that got beat up and left on the side of the road for death, when a Jewish priest walked by and ignored the man. Then a Levite (a Jewish temple assistant) walked by and ignored him to. It was then that the Samaritan walked by picked up the man brought him to an inn and nursed him throughout the night and paid the inn keeper to look after him and said if it wasn't enough money that he would pay the inn keeper back. Samaritans today are a religious group they are located in Palestine. They believe they are descendents of the people who lived in Samaria, which is the centre of the Northern Kingdom of...
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...In the film The Mission, Father Gabriel, the Guarani people, and eventually Rodrigo Mendoza illustrate Jesus’ teaching to love your neighbor as yourself. In Matthew 22:34-40 and Luke 10:25-28, Jesus says one of the greatest commandments is to love your neighbor as yourself. In Luke 10:29-37, a scholar of the law asks who one’s neighbor is, and Jesus responds with the Parable of the Good Samaritan. In the parable, a man traveling from Jerusalem is robbed, beaten, and left on the roadside. A priest, Levite, and Samaritan all see the man, but only the Samaritan stops to help. Samaritans and Jews had a bad relationship, and it was possible the man was a Jew since he was coming from Jerusalem. However, the Samaritan did not care whether the man was a Jew; he only saw a man needing help. The scholar identifies the one who showed mercy as the neighbor, and Jesus tells him to go do the same. Jesus demonstrates his teaching of helping and loving everyone by caring for the poor, oppressed, and marginalized of society. In Luke 7:28-50, he allows a sinner to wash and anoint his feet; in Luke 10:38-42, he teaches a woman, which was considered unacceptable....
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...Katzlyn Princess M. Bayaua The Healing of a Centurian’s Servant Luke 7:1-10 After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum. A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant. When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him, for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us." Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof. Therefore I didn’t even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it." When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel." Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well. The Man Born Blind John 9:1-12 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born...
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...The Samaritans were mentioned many times in the Bible. One of the things most recognizable is the confliction between the Samaritans and the Jews. We are going to discuss who were the Samartians, and why they had such animosity toward the Jews. The Samaritans were simply people from Samaria, which was in between Judea and Galilee. The first example of conflict between Jews and the Samaritans is Joseph and his brothers (Gen. 49:22). This is a very little piece of a big puzzle. There is a bigger reason why the Jews and the Samaritans despised each other. Israel, after the death of Solomon, split into two kingdoms. Judah was the south, and Samaria was the north. The Samaritans worshiped pagans, and the Jews did not. In this way, the Samaritans...
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...possible by the International Care Ministries (ICM) who helped raise funds for 1.7 million people who are scattered in 17 provinces of the Philippines. The ICM board chairperson, David Sutherland, said that the underlying cause of poverty is rooted on fatalism and the antidote to fatalism is hope. I can relate this news to our previous lesson in our religion subject which is about the Good Samaritan. As most of us know, there are a lot of people in Hong Kong who hate on us, Filipinos. It can be clearly seen in the news nowadays how some people in Hong Kong treat our fellow Filipinos who work there. Most of the stories were usually abusing and harassing the Filipinos. I can relate this to the story of The Good Samaritan because in the story, the Samaritans and Jews were not in good terms or they generally despised each other. Yet, a Samaritan helped a Jew who got beaten up and was left almost lifeless. I can see this story in the news I chose because no matter how some of the people in Hong Kong hate the Filipinos, there are still good-hearted men out there, who I consider as Good Samaritans, who just wants peace and everything better. They see that there is fatalism going on in our country and they go out of their way just to help those who are in need in our country. They are the ones who reminded us that there is still hope and that we should just keep hoping to help eradicate the...
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...People all over the world were and are hated for what they believe in. One of those people groups were the Samaritans. Samaritans came from Israelite family lines, but branched off and became their own people group. They believed in pagan gods because of intermarriage in neighboring tribes, and henceforth, looked down upon in Israelite communities. They were viewed as slaves and worthless beings, which is why Jesus used the Good Samaritan in a parable. The Samaritans were the social menial to the Jews in ancient times. The Jews have always had a very strong disgust towards Samaritans. The Samaritans came from King Jeroboam after the split between the Northern and Southern kingdoms. “Immediately after the division, Jeroboam changed the worship of the Israelites in 1 Kings 12:25-33. No longer did the inhabitants of the north travel to Jerusalem...
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...Contemporary version of the Good Samaritan There was an poor, uneducated, immigrant Arabic woman who was hired at a local restaurant that was located in an upper-class, well-educated neighborhood that catered primarily to those who reflected that demographic. Those who lived in this particular community were satisfied with having only those who were educated with financial means to live in this community and work in this particular restaurant that was frequented by many of the community residents. The Arabic woman was hired to help serve meals and to occasionally wash dishes. However, she had difficulty speaking and clearly understanding English. She understood some key words and phrases but very little. This greatly annoyed the other employees, many who lived in the community. Many were very impatient with her and spoke ill and ridiculed her. Each day at work, they made fun of her and were unwilling to help her assimilate into the environment. Even those in management refused to yield time to help her understand what was fully expected of her. They avoided and ignored her when she requested for help. The waiters and waitresses, those who despised her being hired in the first place refused to help her as well, and would stand back and laugh when she would get something wrong or make a mistake. Finally, just as the Arabic woman was about to quit her job, sobbing tremendously, after having been bruised, taunted and abandoned by everyone else because she was an immigrant who...
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...What the professor said: The parable took place on the Sabbath Being that it was Sabbath the priest left him there not to dirty his clothes Being that it was Sabbath the Levite also did the same as the priest A Samaritan with a horse and sword and a bag of money carries the man on his horse The Samaritan pays his stay in an inn and any extra expense The point the professor made: That you have to love yourself first in order to help others. That the Good Samaritan had set himself up for success in order to be able to help others. The real story: Luke 10:25-37 A priest walks by on the other side of the road going around him A Levite does the same as the priest A Samaritan comes down the road and bandages and cleans his wounds with oil and wine, and then puts him on his donkey. He then stays the night with him and takes care of him, and pays his stay and any additional cost he may acquire. The reason Jesus told the story: To show that all people that we come in contact with are our neighbors. That the other people ignored the man and put themselves first. That we are to love everyone, even those that are not a part of your community or beliefs. Commentary: Why was the adjustments or alterations made to the parable? A sword? A horse? A bag of money? The Sabbath? Closer look: The Levite and Priest would also have had money with them; they may have even had donkey or other. Hope: The class looks up Luke 10:25-37 and reads for them selfs. Reality: The...
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