{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-95.5","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-95.5","heading":"Civil liability - employing a minor to commit a drug offense.","body":"A person 21 years of age or older, who hires, employs, or intentionally uses a person under 18 years of age to commit a violation of G.S. 90-95 is liable in a civil action for damages for drug addiction proximately caused by the violation. The doctrines of contributory negligence and assumption of risk are no defense to liability under this section. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1081, s. 3; 1998-212, s. 17.16(g).)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 5. North Carolina Controlled Substances Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-95.5.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"44f05d7ec2396dec7e2ef3514ef805ac04a3a213989818d0c7d308d51c507691","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-95.4","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-95.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}