sugar land dave wrote:If the basis for the husband's assault on the good Samaritan was the good Samaritan's demand that the husband stop breaking the law by assaulting the wife, then I think the good Samaritan should be legally ok. I don't think that asking someone to stop breaking the law can be considered a provocation from a legal standpoint.
He may have a big problem if the wife covers for the husband, which I don't think is all that unusual in cases where a stranger intervenes with a couple with an abusive husband.