Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Trying to Recover Public Costs Incurred in Dealing with Man-Made Disasters: The Free Public Services Doctrine
Abstract:
This bulletin analyzes the free public services doctrine that denies recovery against a person or agency that commits a civil wrong, either intentionally or through negligence by a governmental agency that has incurred costs in remedying the public health or public safety hazards caused by the person or agencies' negligence.