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# Immunities and Defenses for Allegedly Negligent Inspections
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2009/09/immunities-and-defenses-for-allegedly-negligent-inspections/
- Published: 2009-09-02T20:24:17.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-30T19:40:39.000Z
- Author: Drew Falkenstein
- Tags: For Public Health Professionals, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 09:53

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“[Immunities and Defenses for Allegedly Negligent Inspections](http://www.marlerclark.com/pdfs/negligent-inspections-jeh.pdf?ref=foodsafetynews.com)” appeared in the November, 2005 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health, and was a follow-up to my previous article, “[An Introduction to Liability, Negligence, and All Things In Between](https://www.foodsafetynews.com/an-introduction-to-liability-negligence-and-all-things-in-between/).” In this article, I address different states’ laws regarding liability of environmental health professionals and encourage environmental health professionals to find out whether your state is a “public-duty-doctrine” state or a pure “immunity” state. Then determine what exceptions apply.