I'm curious, isn't the court room where we want things like negligence to be determined? If it isn't, where should it be determined?

Again, read the entire story, read about the non-existent fire and the fact that in this one specific case, it was determined that the victim is allowed to sue due to her "friend's" negligence before making any decisions about whether or not you're going to help someone at the scene of an accident, no matter where you live.

JohnE