I'm not so sure about that.
If I recall correctly, civil immunity applies AFTER a criminal trial in which a not guilty verdict is the outcome. At least, in the states I was reading about.
If you're not criminally charged and tried, then it doesn't apply.
Someone correct me here, if I'm wrong.
I don't think the question of how civil immunity is invoked has been fully resolved in North Carolina.
I think you were correct with respect to Florida at one point in time, but the Florida courts have developed the process bit by bit over the years. The last time I checked, a person in Florida can ask the court for civil immunity even if there was no criminal trial or charges and even if a civil lawsuit has not been filed.
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