If you agree to do something that could put someone's life in danger if you don't do it, you have a duty to do that thing. You are responsible for what happens if you don't do it and you don't have a good reason for not doing it. You can be in trouble with the law if you don't do what you said you would do and someone's life is put in danger because of it.
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Every one who undertakes to do any act the omission to do which is or may be dangerous to life is under a legal duty to do that act, and is criminally responsible for the consequences of omitting without lawful excuse to discharge that duty.
