§ 9-1-27.2 - Court appointed special advocate program – Immunity from liability. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 9-1-27.2

   § 9-1-27.2  Court appointed specialadvocate program – Immunity from liability. – The state shall protect and hold harmless any attorney, director, coordinator,or social worker employed in the court appointed special advocate program andits court appointed volunteer special advocates (C.A.S.A.) from financial lossand expense, including legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim,demand, or suit for damages resulting from acts or omissions committed in thedischarge of his or her duties with the program and within the scope of his orher employment which may constitute negligence, but which acts are not wanton,malicious, or grossly negligent as determined by a court of competentjurisdiction.