An off-duty, out-of-uniform police officer and his son purchased some food from a 7-eleven store and were in the parking lot when a carload of teenagers became rowdy. The officer went to speak to them and the teenagers assaulted him. The officer shouted for his son to get the 7-eleven clerk to call for help. The son entered the store, told the clerk that a police officer needed help, and instructed the clerk to call police. He returned 30 seconds later and repeated the request urging the clerk to say it was a code 13. The son claimed that the clerk laughed at him and refused to do it. The policeman sued the store.
1. The above case deals with the ____________.

The Bystander Rule is a U.S. common law by which individuals are not punished after not aiding or calling for help when someone else might require assistance even when helping represents no risk to the individual. The law gives people morality let decide what to do under those scenarios knowing in advantage there is no legal penalty if no action is taken.