Agreed, but not criminal in most US states, nor bearing civil liability. >In Buch v. Amory Manufacturing Co., the defendant had no obligation to save a child f

Agreed, but not criminal in most US states, nor bearing civil liability. >In Buch v. Amory Manufacturing Co., the defendant had no obligation to save a child from crushing his hand in a manufacturing machine. The court suggested an analogy in which a baby was on the train tracks – did a person standing idly by have the obligation to save him? Legally, no. He was a “ruthless savage and a moral monster,” but legally he did not have to save that baby. https://www.enjuris.com/blog/questions/good-samaritan/ https://www.enjuris.com/blog/questions/good-samaritan/