2011 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 1 Civil Procedure.
Article 52 - 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.


NC Gen Stat § 1-631 What's This?

1‑631. Immunity of a domestic violence shelter and any person associated with the shelter concerning torts committed on the shelter's premises.

(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.)

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