Freedom4um

Status: Not Logged In; Sign In

ObamaNation
See other ObamaNation Articles

Title: This Good Samaritan Was Billed After Helping a Family in a Car Crash
Source: Good Housekeeping
URL Source: http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/lif ... /billed-for-helping-car-crash/
Published: Jun 22, 2016
Author: Heather Finn Jun 22, 2016
Post Date: 2016-06-22 18:44:15 by Dakmar
Keywords: None
Views: 75
Comments: 3

When Derrick DeAnda pulled up to a rollover car crash in Elk Grove, California, his first instinct was to do whatever he could to help. What he didn't expect, though, was to be billed $143 for his actions at scene of the crash.

Upon seeing an overturned car with a man and his three small children inside, DeAnda broke through the car's windows and helped the family get out, CBS Sacramento reports. When first responders arrived, they checked him out for injuries (all he had was a small cut, according to the news station) and gave him water.

Weeks later, he received a bill from Cosumnes Community Services District first responders in the mail. DeAnda was shocked. "I mean, why would I want to stop to help somebody if I'm going to get a bill for $150?" he said in an interview with CBS Sacramento.

Click for Full Text!

Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread  


TopPage UpFull ThreadPage DownBottom/Latest

#1. To: All (#0)

Cosumnes Deputy Chief Mike McLaughlin tells CBS Sacramento that, though DeAnda's situation is unique, issuing first-responder bills is just standard practice for his district. "We're obligated to provide the same level of service, the same billing, the same everything — for every patient we encounter," he said.

Doorknob party time?

"We need more H-1B visas, because source code is rotting in the fields." - Countenance Blog

Dakmar  posted on  2016-06-22   18:47:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: All (#1) (Edited)

City Council Concerned Doornobs and Burlap Bags Falling into "Wrong Hands":

After a shochoking dispaly of self defense, local leaders are concernerned common sense might get out of hand and cost them votes in the upcoming election...

"We need more H-1B visas, because source code is rotting in the fields." - Countenance Blog

Dakmar  posted on  2016-06-22   18:52:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Dakmar (#0)

That was for a bottle of water. I wouldn't pay the $143. After all, it was a gift. However, I would send the 2 bottles of water. Stating, "I am returning your gift of a bottle of water and giving you and extra bottle."

They certainly wouldn't sue and spend a half day in court for $143 judgement that likely they wouldn't be awarded since there was no meeting of the minds which is a requirement for a contract.

DWornock  posted on  2016-06-22   20:05:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


TopPage UpFull ThreadPage DownBottom/Latest