PRINTER'S NO. 1493
No. 1276 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, CAPPABIANCA, BARRAR, CAPPELLI, DALEY,
GABIG, GEORGE, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HERSHEY, HORSEY, KELLER,
LAUGHLIN, LEH, R. MILLER, SOLOBAY, STEELMAN, STERN, THOMAS,
TIGUE AND WOJNAROSKI, APRIL 4, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 4, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 immunity involving the adjudication alternative program.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1520(e) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1520. Adjudication alternative program.
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10 (e) Immunity.--A district justice and any public service or
11 charitable agency or organization or political subdivision
12 supervising or administering a public service program under this
13 section shall be immune from any civil action for damages and
14 from workers' compensation claims brought by a person admitted
15 to this program. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
16 limit or otherwise affect or preclude liability resulting from
17 gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Reckless, willful or
1 wanton misconduct constitutes gross negligence.
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3 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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