HB364 Alabama 2014 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Good Samaritan Law, providers of safe shelter in severe weather, granted civil immunity for providing safe shelter, Act 2011-579, 2011 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 6-5-332 am'd

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, certain persons who render assistance at the scene of an accident or emergency situation are in certain circumstances granted civil immunity for their actions</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide civil immunity to an entity or individual that provides access to a safe place in times of severe weather to any person if the entity or individual was acting in good faith and the individual acts as a reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 6-5-332 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Good Samaritan Law, to provide civil immunity to an entity or individual that provides access to a safe place in times of severe weather to any person if the entity or individual was acting in good faith and the individual acts as a reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances. </p>

Subjects

Civil Procedure