HB364 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mac Buttram

Republican

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

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.

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.

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Subjects

Civil Procedure