BILL NUMBER: AB 83	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Feuer

                        DECEMBER 23, 2008

   An act relating to personal liability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 83, as introduced, Feuer. Torts: personal liability immunity.
   Existing law provides that any person who in good faith, and not
for compensation, renders emergency medical care at the scene of an
emergency shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from
any act or omission.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to review the
civil liability immunity of people who provide emergency care.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature, in light of the
California Supreme Court's holding in Van Horn v. Watson, to examine
the extent to which a person who renders assistance to another person
in an emergency shall be immune from liability arising out of that
assistance.