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Law Number

Conn Gen Stat 28-22a(Article VIII)

Summary Title

Liability: Intrastate Mutual Aid

Summary

An individual who, in good faith, respondes to the intrastate mutual aid system will not be held legally responsible for injury or death of another person or damage to property. They can be held legally responsible if acting with extreme carelessness or intent to cause harm. This section is limited to the intrastate mutual aid system and actual requested aid by another entity.

Full Title

Liability

Full Text

Article VIII. Liability For the purposes of liability, all persons from a responding political subdivision under the operational control of the requesting political subdivision are deemed to be employees of the responding political subdivision. Neither the participating political subdivisions nor their employees, except in cases of wilful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith, shall be liable for the death of or injury to persons or for damage to property when complying or attempting to comply with the intrastate mutual aid system.

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