Laws of North Carolina (Last Updated: May 12, 2015) |
Chapter1. Civil Procedure. |
SubchapterXV. INCIDENTAL PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS |
Article52. Limited Civil Liability of Domestic Violence Shelters and Persons Associated With the Shelters |
§1-631. Immunity of a domestic violence shelter and any person associated with the shelter concerning torts committed on the shelter's premises
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no shelter and no person associated with the shelter is liable in damages in a tort action for any harm that a client or other person who is on the premises of the shelter sustains as a result of tortious conduct of a perpetrator that is committed on the premises of the shelter if the perpetrator is not a person associated with the shelter.
(b) The immunity established by this section does not extend to gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing that would otherwise be actionable.
(2010-5, s. 2.)