HB364 Alabama 2014 Session

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.

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.