Duty to rescue: You are walking by a cold, deep lake one eveing when you hear a noise. You look and see a person in the water, 50 meters from the shore, calling for help. The person is drowning.
Questions:
A) You own a boat that tied to the dock at the lake. Do you have a duty to use your boat to save the person?
B) You are an off duty nurse. The boat's motor does not work, but you can swin. Do you have a duty to swim to effect a rescue?
C) The person who is drowning is your employee, but it is sunday and neither of you are in the course of employment. Do you have a duty to rescue?
D) There is no boat and you cant swim. But you have a cell phone in your pocket. Do you have a duty to call 911?
E) You dont own a boat. If the drowining person offers you $500 to effect a rescue, and you begin a rescue attempt by taking a boat and proceeding toward the person:
1. Have you formed a bilateral or a unilateral contract?
2. Have you created a duty in tort to complete the rescue?
3. Have you committed conversion?