Idaho Code 6-2802 – Liability of Out-of-State Emergency Responder
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 6-2802
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Emergency: means the occurrence or imminent threat of a condition threatening life or property which requires emergency assistance. See Idaho Code 6-2801
- Emergency responder: means a person employed by or who is a bona fide member of a governmental entity of another state of the United States including, but not limited to, a legally organized law enforcement agency, a legally organized fire department or a licensed emergency medical service provider, and whose primary duty is to serve or protect the safety or life of any person or to protect property. See Idaho Code 6-2801
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
An emergency responder who enters this state in response to an emergency shall not be liable to another person for damages or injury arising from the conduct of the emergency responder in rendering services in response to an emergency unless it is shown that the emergency responder caused injury or damages to such person as a proximate result of his reckless, grossly negligent or intentional misconduct.