GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1273
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/10/89

Short Title:  Modify Jailkeeper Liability.	(Public)
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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 OR OTHER JAIL EMPLOYEE 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, jailer, or other employee of a jail, shall intentionally injure a prisoner, contrary to law, he shall be personally liable for treble damages to the person injured."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989, and applies to injuries occurring on or after that date.