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() •Help protect rescuers voluntarily helping a victim in distress from being successfully sued in tort (i.e. for wrongdoing).
•Are designed to encourage people to help a stranger who needs assistance by reducing or eliminating the fear that, if they do so, they will suffer possible legal repercussions in the event that they inadvertently make a mistake in treating the victim.
•Were primarily developed for first aid situations.
•Differ from state to state
◦Most states require that the victim not object to receiving aid, but do not the victim's consent (which, of course, could not be given if the victim was unconscious).
◦The laws of some states, such as Nevada, apply to all citizens.
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