GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1174

Short Title:  Modify Jailer Liability.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Miller.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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April 11, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE LAW GOVERNING THE LIABILITY OF A KEEPER OF THE JAIL FOR PHYSICAL INJURIES TO PRISONERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 162-55 reads as rewritten:
"§162-55. Injury to prisoner by jailer.
If the keeper of a jail or any jailer shall intentionally cause any physical injury to the prisoners committed to his custody, contrary to law, the keeper, if he caused the physical injury, or the jailer who caused the physical injury shall personally pay treble damages to the person injured."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.