Velazquez v. Jiminez,
2002 WL 1162610 (N.J. May 29, 2002)

The New Jersey Supreme Court determined that a hospital physician cannot invoke immunity under the New Jersey Good Samaritan Act when assisting a patient at the hospital during a medical emergency. Citing an impressive historical analysis of Good Samaritan legislation throughout the country, the court ultimately concluded that Good Samaritan immunity under the New Jersey statute encompasses only those situations in which a physician (or other volunteer) comes, by chance, upon a victim who requires immediate emergency medical care, at a location compromised by lack of adequate facilities, equipment, expertise, sanitation and staff. Consequently, a hospital or medical center does not qualify under the terms of the Good Samaritan Act in its present form.