A jailer or other officer who, through negligence, suffers a prisoner in his or her custody, convicted of or charged with a crime, to escape, shall be civilly liable to any person proximately damaged as a result thereof to the maximum amount of $500.00. A person so damaged may maintain a civil action therefor.
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 24, § 296a
Civil liability resulting from escaped prisoner
Added 1977, No. 233 (Adj
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