We were told by our CPR / First Aid instructor that once you started rendering aid, you were not allowed to stop. To do so makes you liable. We were told that if you started CPR, the only reason you could stop was if 1) you passed out or 2) someone came to replace you.

I think our laws have a lot to do with the fact that people aren't decent to each other any more.

I was listening to some program on the radio once about evictions and the speaker mentioned the startling fact that once a person sleeps two nights in a place (in the speaker's area), that the place they sleep is considered their "home" and that the home-owner can't kick them out. I can easily imagine putting up a homeless person for a couple days and then finding that I can't get rid of him. Never bothered to verify this, or see where it might be applicable.

Whenever I see a homeless person, I invariably wonder how much they can thank the legal profession for the severity of their position.


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