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La. Rev. Stat. § 9:2793 (2026)
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§2793. Gratuitous service at scene of emergency; limitation on liability
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Cited in 13
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: Bujol v. Entergy Servs., Inc., 922 So. 2d 1113 (La. 2006).
Bujol v. Entergy Servs., Inc., 922 So. 2d 1113 (La. 2006). “R.S. 9:2793, which refers to persons who gratuitously in good faith render emergency care or transportation to another.”
Ardoin v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co., 360 So. 2d 1331 (La. 1978). “R.S. 9:2793, 2794; La.R.S. 40:1299.41 et seq.”
Dartlone v. Louisiana Power & Light Co., 763 So. 2d 779 (La. Ct. App. 2000). “R.S. 9:2793. To the extent the Dartlones rely on discretionary acts or omissions of City employees committed in their official capacities, the City contends that La.”
Com. & Indus. Ins. v. Grinnell Corp., 280 F.3d 566 (5th Cir. 2002). “We express no opinion about whether R.S. 9:2793 may yet be found to protect the City from suit or liability when further proceedings are had in the district court.”
Descant v. Adm'rs of Tulane Educ. Fund, 639 So. 2d 246 (La. 1994). “R.S. 9:2793, which was passed the same year as the Medical Malpractice Act and provides immunity for "good Samaritans," specifically excludes insurers from its liability limitation.”
Day v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc., 420 So. 2d 518 (La. Ct. App. 1982). “See LRS 9:2793. Until he parked and exited his truck, Day could not have known whether any of the occupants of the McManus Chevrolet were injured or whether the Chevrolet was immobilized.”
Stapleton v. Great Lakes Chem. Corp., 627 So. 2d 1358 (La. 1993). “R.S. 9:2793) nor grant to her, relief! Even viewed in the light most favorable to her, Ms.”
Matlock v. Hankel, 707 So. 2d 1016 (La. Ct. App. 1998). “R.S. 9:2793. That statute provides: A. No person who in good faith gratuitously renders emergency care, first aid or rescue at the scene of an emergency, or moves a person receiving such care, first aid or rescue to a hospital or other place of medical care shall be liable for…”
Mariano v. Tanner, 497 So. 2d 1066 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “R.S. 9:2793(A). The standard of care owed by a physician is to exercise that degree of knowledge or skill possessed, or the degree of care ordinarily exercised, under similar circumstances, by the members of his profession in good standing in the same community or locality, and…”
Casey v. S. Baptist Hosp., 526 So. 2d 1332 (La. Ct. App. 1988). “694's title, as originally proposed, purports to amend R.S. 9:2793 to extend immunity to a professional medical corporation and its insurer for gratuitously rendering emergency care.”
Salaiman v. Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc., 835 So. 2d 823 (La. Ct. App. 2002). “R.S. 9:2793 (no person who in good faith gratuitously renders emergency care "shall be liable for any civil damages" as a result of any act or omission in rendering the care or services).”
Jones Co. v. Signature Flight Support, LLC, et al. (E.D. La. 2026). “R.S. 9:2793; public entities, La. R.S. 9:2793.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 9:2793(A) — 1 case
Mariano v. Tanner, 497 So. 2d 1066 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “R.S. 9:2793(A). The standard of care owed by a physician is to exercise that degree of knowledge or skill possessed, or the degree of care ordinarily exercised, under similar circumstances, by the members of his profession in good standing in the same community or locality, and…”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 9:2793(B) — 1 case
Dartlone v. Louisiana Power & Light Co., 763 So. 2d 779 (La. Ct. App. 2000). “R.S. 9:2793. To the extent the Dartlones rely on discretionary acts or omissions of City employees committed in their official capacities, the City contends that La.”
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