GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1273

Short Title:  Modify Jailkeeper Liability.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Dawkins.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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April 12, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE LAW GOVERNING THE LIABILITY OF THE KEEPER OF A JAIL FOR 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 injury to the prisoners committed to his custody, contrary to law, the keeper, if he caused the injury, or the jailer who caused the injury shall personally pay treble damages to the person injured. "
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.