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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 2A, ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

    Chapter 62a: Civil immunity for emergency care

      Section: 2A:62a-1.2: Immunity from civil damages for firefighters at accident scenes.

          
1. A municipal, county or State firefighter, whether volunteer or paid, shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions undertaken in good faith in rendering care at the scene of an accident or emergency to any victim thereof, or in transporting any such victim to a hospital or other facility where treatment or care is to be rendered; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall exonerate a firefighter for gross negligence.

L.1998, c.101, s.1.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2013-06-10 16:36:30.






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