Question: While drinking at a bar with his friends, another patron collapses. The doctor tries to revive the fellow patron but the patron dies. The doctor:

 While drinking at a bar with his friends, another patron collapses.
The doctor tries to revive the fellow patron but the patron dies.

While drinking at a bar with his friends, another patron collapses. The doctor tries to revive the fellow patron but the patron dies. The doctor: (A) Cannot be liable for the death of the patron since he didn't die at the doctor's office (B) Cannot be liable for the death of the patron since he wasn't his doctor (C) Cannot be liable for the death of the patron since Good Samaritan statutes protect doctors helping strangers in need (D) Can be liable for the death of the patron if the doctor was inebriated and did not follow the proper treatment protocol

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