JurisdictionNorth CarolinaCh. 166ANorth Carolina Emergency Management Act
Art. 8of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes shall not apply to any contracts that an entity otherwise subject to Article 8 may award for apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment, or construction or repair work requiring apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment, where such apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment is either:
This text of North Carolina § 166A-19.62 (Civil liability of persons who willfully ignore a warning in an emergency) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering North Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
In an emergency, a person who willfully ignores a warning regarding personal safety issued by a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, emergency management agency, or other governmental agency responsible for emergency management under this Article is civilly liable for the cost of a rescue effort to any governmental agency or nonprofit agency cooperating with a governmental agency conducting a rescue on the endangered person's behalf if all of the following are true:
(1)The person ignores the warning and (i) engages in an activity or course of action that a reasonable person would not pursue or (ii) fails to take a course of action that a reasonable person would pursue.
(2)As a result of ignoring the warning, the person places himself or herself or another in danger.
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In an emergency, a person who willfully ignores a warning regarding personal safety issued by a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, emergency management agency, or other governmental agency responsible for emergency management under this Article is civilly liable for the cost of a rescue effort to any governmental agency or nonprofit agency cooperating with a governmental agency conducting a rescue on the endangered person's behalf if all of the following are true:
(1) The person ignores the warning and (i) engages in an activity or course of action that a reasonable person would not pursue or (ii) fails to take a course of action that a reasonable person would pursue.
(2) As a result of ignoring the warning, the person places himself or herself or another in danger.
(3) A governmental rescue effort is undertaken on the endangered person's behalf. (1997-232, s. 1; 2012-12, s. 1(b).)
§ 166A-19.63: Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 166A-19.64: Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 166A-19.65: Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 166A-19.66: Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 166A-19.67: Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 166A-19.68: Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 166A-19.69: Reserved for future codification purposes.
Part 8. Miscellaneous Provisions.