41-9-204 - Liability for injury or damages.

41-9-204. Liability for injury or damages.

(a)  No charitable organization, municipality, county or political subdivision thereof authorized by § 41-9-102 to utilize probationer labor pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for any injury sustained by a probationer or other person while the probationer is performing a work project for that organization or governmental entity, if the organization or governmental entity exercised due care in the protection and supervision of the probationer.

(b)  (1)  No municipality, county or political subdivision thereof, nor any employee or officer thereof, shall be liable to any person for the acts of any probationer while the probationer is on a community work project for the organization or governmental entity, if the organization or governmental entity exercised due care in the protection and supervision of the probationer.

     (2)  No municipality, county or political subdivision thereof, nor any employee or officer thereof, shall be liable to any probationer or a probationer's family for death or injuries received while the probationer is on a community work project for the organization or governmental entity, if the organization or governmental entity exercised due care in the protection and supervision of the probationer.

[Acts 1986, ch. 742, § 1.]