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North Carolina Agency Liable in Jail Fire That Killed Five Prisoners

Loaded on June 15, 2008 published in Prison Legal News June, 2008, page 39
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Fire Hazards, Municipal Liability, Accidents. Location: North Carolina.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has held that the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has a statutorily imposed duty that creates a special relationship to prisoners that makes it liable in a negligence lawsuit.

At the heart of the case is a fire at the Mitchell County ...

 

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