A driver traveling the speed limit in the evening on a quiet country road rounded a curve and struck a bicyclist who was riding
in the same lane. The driver stopped the car and inspected the bicyclist, who had a broken leg. The driver thought it best not to try to move the bicyclist, so he told him that he would go to get help. The driver drove away and left the bicyclist by the side of the road. After the driver had left the scene, he realized that he had forgotten his wife's birthday, so he stopped to buy a gift and hurried home. He did not remember the bicyclist until a few hours later, but assumed that by that time someone would have come along to render assistance. However, the bicyclist was not rescued until the following morning. By then, he had contracted pneumonia as a result of exposure. The bicyclist sued the driver to recover damages for his broken leg and the pneumonia. If the jury finds that the driver was not negligent in his operation of his automobile, for what harm will the bicyclist most likely recover
Accidents involving bones should be treated with urgency else the matter becomes complex as there is a delay and in most cases exposure the bone faces makes it more difficult to treat. The driver would have hurriedly taken the bicyclist to the hospital, so the bone issues could be attended to, his delay caused him more harm by exposing him to pneumonia and might make the bone injury difficult to treat.
Rights and duties are closely related and cannot be separated from one another. Both go side by side. These are the two sides of the same coin. If the state gives the right to life to a citizen, it also imposes an obligation on him to not to expose his life to dangers, as well as to respect the life of others.
