Try this thread: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=50485&start=15&hilit=civil+immunitybblhd672 wrote:Perhaps someone with better legal sense than I can clear up the conflict in the two excerpts from CHL-16 below:
PC §9.06. CIVIL REMEDIES UNAFFECTED.
The fact that conduct is justified under this chapter does not abolish or impair any remedy for the conduct that is available in a civil suit.
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Last amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
CPRC §83.001. CIVIL IMMUNITY.
A defendant who uses force or deadly force that is justified under Chapter 9, Penal Code, is immune from civil liability for personal injury or death that results from the defendant’s use of force or deadly force, as applicable.
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Last amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 378), Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2007.
Also, if you search on "Civil Immunity" you will find quite a bit of discussion on this, but I think the thread I listed pretty much covers it.