Assumption of duty describes a situation wherein an individual takes on responsibility for and a legal duty to a stranger in peril because he or she chose to assist.
It occur when an individual who has been delegated a duty promises to perform to the third party and the promise is supported by its consideration or its equivalent.
In this case a man named Abel Fields falsely said that he worked in the military for eight years. He also claimed that he had earned a purple heart which you only earn if are wounded in battle. This man never served in the military so everything he said was false
