{"id":261,"date":"2015-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/could-sovereign-immunity-hamper-your-negligence-case\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:29:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:29:01","slug":"could-sovereign-immunity-hamper-your-negligence-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/could-sovereign-immunity-hamper-your-negligence-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Could sovereign immunity hamper your negligence case?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The concept of sovereign immunity is likely something that most people who are not lawyers will ever have to know about or deal with. However, if you are even in an accident with a vehicle controlled by a municipality (i.e. a garbage truck, public works vehicle, or fire truck) or want to hold a state agency accountable for poor road design or maintenance, this term may be used against you in order to limit or prohibit your claim.<\/p>\n<p>This post will briefly explain what <a href=\"http:\/\/legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com\/Sovereign+Immunity\" target=\"_blank\">sovereign immunity<\/a> is and how it may hamper your case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At its core, the concept of sovereign immunity is where a government and its political subdivisions cannot be sued unless it consents to the lawsuit. The concept is generally used to protect government employees in their daily decisions from lawsuits. For instance, a negligence claim against a sanitation department for a truck stopping suddenly to pick up trash may not be actionable depending on the circumstances. \u00a0After all, these employees must be able to do their jobs without the constant fear of a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/could-sovereign-immunity-hamper-your-negligence-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Could sovereign immunity hamper your negligence case?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The concept of sovereign immunity is likely something that most people who are not lawyers will ever have to know about or deal with. However, if you are even in an accident with a vehicle controlled by a municipality (i.e. a garbage truck, public works vehicle, or fire truck) or want to hold a state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","tag-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Could sovereign immunity hamper your negligence case? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; September 11, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Could sovereign immunity hamper your negligence case? - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/could-sovereign-immunity-hamper-your-negligence-case\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Could sovereign immunity hamper your negligence case? 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