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MT Code § 27-1-714 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-714. Limits on liability for emergency care rendered at scene of accident or emergency

  27-1-714. Limits on liability for emergency care rendered at scene of accident or emergency. (1) Any person licensed as a physician and surgeon under the laws of the state of Montana, any volunteer firefighter or officer of any nonprofit volunteer fire company, any search and rescue volunteer, or any other person who in good faith renders emergency care or assistance without compensation except as provided in subsection (2) at the scene of an emergency or accident is not liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions other than damages occasioned by gross negligence or by willful or wanton acts or omissions by the person in rendering the emergency care or assistance.   (2) Subsection (1) includes a person properly trained under the laws of this state who operates an ambulance to and from the scene of an emergency or renders emergency medical treatment on a volunteer basis so long as the total reimbursement received for the volunteer services does not exceed 25% of the person's gross annual income or $3,000 a calendar year, whichever is greater. Reimbursement for search and rescue expenses is not compensation for purposes of this section.   (3) If a nonprofit subscription fire company refuses to fight a fire on nonsubscriber property, the refusal does not constitute gross negligence or a willful or wanton act or omission.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 93, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 17-410; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 390, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 330, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 133, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 587, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 103, L. 2017.
MT Code § 27-1-715 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-715. Liability of owner of vicious dog

  27-1-715. Liability of owner of vicious dog. (1) The owner of a dog that without provocation bites a person while the person is on or in a public place or lawfully on or in a private place, including the property of the owner of the dog, located within an incorporated city or town is liable for damages that may be suffered by the person bitten regardless of the former viciousness of the dog or the owner's knowledge of the viciousness.   (2) A person is lawfully upon the private property of the owner within the meaning of this section when the person is on the property in the performance of any duty imposed upon the person by the laws of this state or by the laws or postal regulations of the United States of America or when the person is on the property as an invitee or licensee of the person lawfully in possession of the property.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 113, L. 1943; R.C.M. 1947, 17-409; amd. Sec. 588, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 27-1-716 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-716. Immunity of persons donating food for free distribution

  27-1-716. Immunity of persons donating food for free distribution. (1) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:   (a) "Canned food" means any food that has been commercially processed and prepared for human consumption.   (b) "Donor" means any processor, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer of perishable or canned foods or farmer or individual who donates food for free distribution.   (c) "Gleaner" means a person who harvests for free distribution perishable food that has been donated by the owner.   (d) "Perishable food" means any food that may spoil or otherwise become unfit for human consumption because of its nature, type, or physical condition. Perishable food includes but is not limited to fresh or processed meats, poultry, seafood, dairy products, bakery products, eggs in the shell, fresh fruit and vegetables, grains, and foods that have been refrigerated or frozen.   (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law:   (a) a good faith donor of any canned or perishable food, apparently fit for human consumption, to a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization for free distribution or a gleaner of perishable food, apparently fit for human consumption, for free distribution is not subject to any criminal penalty or civil damages arising from the condition of the food, unless an injury is caused by gross negligence or intentional misconduct of the donor or gleaner;   (b) a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization that in good faith receives food, apparently fit for human consumption, and distributes it at no charge is not subject to any criminal penalty or civil damages resulting from the condition of the food unless an injury is caused by gross negligence or intentional misconduct of the organization.   (3) Immunity under this section extends to the good faith donation of canned or perishable foods that, while apparently fit for human consumption, are not readily marketable due to appearance, grade, surplus, or other considerations, as well as to those foods that are readily marketable.   (4) If the ultimate distributor charges any fee for the food received from a donor or gleaner, such fact shall not deprive the donor or gleaner of the immunity provided under this section.   (5) This section does not restrict the authority of any lawful agency to inspect, regulate, or ban the use of donated food for human consumption.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1981.
MT Code § 27-1-718 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-718. Civil penalty for shoplifting

  27-1-718. Civil penalty for shoplifting. (1) An adult or emancipated minor who takes possession of any goods, wares, or merchandise displayed or offered for sale by any store or other mercantile establishment without the consent of the owner or seller and with the intention of converting the goods to the taker's own use without having paid the purchase price of the goods is liable to the owner or seller for a penalty, whether or not the goods have been returned undamaged, in the amount of the greater of $100 or the retail value of the goods, not to exceed $1,000. This amount is in addition to actual damages.   (2) When an unemancipated minor takes possession of any goods, wares, or merchandise displayed or offered for sale by any store or other mercantile establishment without the consent of the owner or seller and with the intention of converting the goods to the minor's own use without having paid the purchase price of the goods, the minor's parent or legal guardian having custody of the minor is liable to the owner or seller for a penalty, whether or not the goods have been returned undamaged, equal to the greater of $100 or the retail value of the goods, not to exceed $1,000. For the purposes of this subsection (2), liability may not be imposed upon any governmental or private agency that has been assigned responsibility for the minor child pursuant to court order or action of the department of corrections or the department of public health and human services.   (3) Judgments and claims arising under this section may be assigned.   (4) A conviction for violation of 45-6-301 is not a condition precedent to maintenance of a civil action under this section.   (5) For purposes of this section, the term "emancipated minor" means a person under 18 years of age who is self-supporting from personal earnings or is married. A person who received more than 25% of the cost of support from any person other than an agency of the government may not be considered an emancipated minor.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 506, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 609, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 739, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 79, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 133, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 135, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 397, L. 1999.
MT Code § 27-1-720 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-720. Liability -- defect in design of firearms or ammunition

  27-1-720. Liability -- defect in design of firearms or ammunition. (1) In a products liability action, no firearm, ammunition component that was manufactured in Montana, or ammunition may be considered defective in design on the basis that the benefits of the product do not outweigh the risk of injury posed by its potential to cause serious injury, damage, or death when discharged.   (2) For purposes of this section:   (a) the potential of a firearm or ammunition to cause serious injury, damage, or death when discharged does not make the product defective in design; and   (b) injuries or damages resulting from the discharge of a firearm or ammunition are not proximately caused by its potential to cause serious injury, damage, or death but are proximately caused by the actual discharge of the product.   (3) The provisions of this section do not affect a products liability cause of action based upon the improper selection of design alternatives.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 359, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 440, L. 2015.
MT Code § 27-1-721 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-721. Immunity of certain firearms and hunter safety or hunter education instructors

  27-1-721. Immunity of certain firearms and hunter safety or hunter education instructors. A person who is designated as a hunter safety instructor or hunter education instructor by the department of fish, wildlife, and parks under 87-2-105 or certified as an instructor by a national firearms association, who trains people in the lawful use of firearms, and who is not employed by a governmental entity is not liable for the conduct, acts, or omissions of a student handling firearms unless the instructor exhibits gross negligence giving rise to causation of the damages.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 415, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 499, L. 1999.
MT Code § 27-1-722 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-722. Civil damages immunity for injury caused by legal use of force

  27-1-722. Civil damages immunity for injury caused by legal use of force. (1) A use of force allowable under the provisions of Title 45, chapter 3, part 1, provides immunity to the person using the force from civil damages for injury to any person or property arising from injury to the person, or damage to the property of the person, against whom the force was used.   (2) Conviction of a crime committed by the person who was injured or whose property was damaged by the use of force is not a prerequisite to a defense under subsection (1), but it is evidence that the act or omission to which the use of force was a response occurred.   (3) The reasonableness of the use of force must be determined in light of the circumstances at the time that the force was used.   (4) The prevailing party in an action in which a defense is asserted under this section is entitled to costs and reasonable attorney fees.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 445, L. 2001.
MT Code § 27-1-723 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-723. reserved

  27-1-723 reserved.
MT Code § 27-1-724 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-724. Limits on liability of livestock owner or property owner in accidents involving motor vehicles and livestock

  27-1-724. Limits on liability of livestock owner or property owner in accidents involving motor vehicles and livestock. (1) Except as provided in Title 60, chapter 7, part 2, for the highways referred to in 60-7-201, a person owning, controlling, or in possession of livestock or a person owning property has no duty to keep livestock from wandering on highways and is not subject to liability for damages to any property or for injury to a person caused by an accident involving a motor vehicle and livestock unless the owner of the livestock or property was grossly negligent or engaged in intentional misconduct.   (2) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:   (a) "Highway" has the meaning provided in 60-1-103(17);   (b) "Livestock" has the meaning provided in 15-1-101; and   (c) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or association.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 28, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 27-1-725 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-725. Purpose

  27-1-725. Purpose. The purpose of 27-1-725 through 27-1-727 is to assist courts and juries in defining the circumstances under which persons responsible for equines may be found liable for damages to persons harmed in the course of equine activities. It is the policy of the state of Montana that a person is not liable for damages sustained by another solely as a result of risks inherent in equine activities if those risks are or should be reasonably obvious, expected, or necessary to persons engaged in equine activities. It is the policy of the state of Montana that an equine activity sponsor or equine professional who is negligent and causes foreseeable injury to a participant bears responsibility for that injury in accordance with other applicable law.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 119, L. 1993.
MT Code § 27-1-727 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-727. Equine activity liability limitations

  27-1-727. Equine activity liability limitations. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), an equine activity sponsor or an equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant engaged in an equine activity resulting from risks inherent in equine activities.   (2) An equine participant shall act in a safe and responsible manner at all times to avoid injury to the participant and others and to be aware of risks inherent in equine activities.   (3) Subsection (1) does not apply:   (a) if the equine activity sponsor or the equine professional:   (i) provided the equipment or tack and the equipment or tack caused the injury because the equine activity sponsor or equine professional failed to reasonably and prudently inspect or maintain the equipment;   (ii) provided the equine and failed to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine the ability of the participant to safely engage in the equine activity and the participant's ability to safely manage the particular equine based on the participant's representations as to the participant's ability;   (iii) owned, leased, rented, or otherwise was in lawful possession and control of the land or facilities upon which the participant sustained injuries caused by a dangerous latent condition that was known or should have been known to the equine activity sponsor or the equine professional;   (iv) committed an act or omission that constituted willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant and the act or omission caused the injury; or   (v) intentionally injured the participant; or   (b) in a products liability action.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 119, L. 1993.
MT Code § 27-1-728 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-728. Mule and horseracing -- exception

  27-1-728. Mule and horseracing -- exception. Sections 27-1-725 through 27-1-727 do not apply to the horseracing and mule racing industry as regulated in Title 23, chapter 4.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 119, L. 1993.
MT Code § 27-1-729 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-729. and 27-1-730 reserved

  27-1-729 and 27-1-730 reserved.
MT Code § 27-1-732 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-732. Immunity of nonprofit corporation officers, directors, and volunteers

  27-1-732. Immunity of nonprofit corporation officers, directors, and volunteers. (1) An officer, director, or volunteer of a nonprofit corporation is not individually liable for any action or omission made in the course and scope of the officer's, director's, or volunteer's official capacity on behalf of the nonprofit corporation. This section does not apply to liability for willful or wanton misconduct. The immunity granted by this section does not apply to the liability of a nonprofit corporation.   (2) For purposes of this section, "nonprofit corporation" means:   (a) an organization exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 501(c), as amended; or   (b) a corporation or organization that is eligible for or has been granted tax-exempt status by the department of revenue under the provisions of 15-31-102.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 437, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 357, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 69, Ch. 114, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 63, L. 2015.
MT Code § 27-1-733 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-733. Liability of nonprofit organizations and their employees for injuries suffered in sponsored rodeo and similar events

  27-1-733. Liability of nonprofit organizations and their employees for injuries suffered in sponsored rodeo and similar events. (1) A nonprofit organization sponsoring a rodeo, cowboy polo, cutting horse, O-Mok-See, trail riding, horse packing, horse show, or jackpot roping event, or employee of the organization, is not liable for injuries suffered by a contestant as a result of the contestant's voluntary participation in the event except for injuries caused by a willful or wanton act of the sponsoring organization or its employees.   (2) For purposes of this section, a minor is considered to be in voluntary participation in an event if:   (a) the minor has provided written consent to participate in the event; and   (b) the consent is approved by one of the minor's parents or by the minor's legal guardian.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 508, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 591, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 27-1-734 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-734. Limits on liability of health care provider in emergency situations

  27-1-734. Limits on liability of health care provider in emergency situations. A physician licensed under Title 37, chapter 3, a nurse licensed under Title 37, chapter 8, or a hospital licensed under Title 50, chapter 5, rendering care or assistance in good faith to a patient of a direct-entry midwife in an emergency situation is liable for civil damages for acts or omissions committed in providing such emergency obstetrical care or assistance only to the extent that those damages are caused by gross negligence or by willful or wanton acts or omissions.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 493, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 550, L. 1991.
MT Code § 27-1-735 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-735. Emergency communications systems -- lawful release of information

  27-1-735. Emergency communications systems -- lawful release of information. (1) It is lawful for a telephone company or telecommunications provider to release in good faith to personnel of emergency communications systems information not in the public record, including but not limited to unpublished or unlisted telephone numbers, subscribers' names and physical addresses, and phone location information pursuant to 10-4-118.  (2) A local exchange telephone company registered as a Montana telecommunications service provider, as provided in 69-3-805, or a provider of commercial mobile service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 332(d)(1), that provides emergency communications systems and related services and its employees and agents are not liable in tort to any person for damages alleged to have been caused by the design, development, installation, maintenance, or provision of emergency communications systems or related services unless the acts or omissions of the entities or persons constitute gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. This subsection does not provide immunity from liability in a products liability action.   (3) For the purposes of this section, "subscribers" means persons, partnerships, corporations, or other entities acquiring telecommunications services from a telecommunications provider. There is one subscriber for each billed line of a telecommunications provider.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 452, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 242, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 374, L. 2021.
MT Code § 27-1-736 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-736. Limits on liability of medical practitioner or dental hygienist who provides services without compensation

  27-1-736. Limits on liability of medical practitioner or dental hygienist who provides services without compensation. (1) A medical practitioner, as defined in 37-2-101, or a dental hygienist licensed under Title 37, chapter 4, who renders, at any site, any health care within the scope of the provider's license, voluntarily and without compensation, to a patient of a clinic, to a patient referred by a clinic, or in a community-based program to provide access to health care services for uninsured persons is not liable to a person for civil damages resulting from the rendering of the care unless the damages were the result of gross negligence or willful or wanton acts or omissions by the medical practitioner or dental hygienist. Each patient must be given notice that under state law the medical practitioner or dental hygienist cannot be held legally liable for ordinary negligence if the medical practitioner or dental hygienist does not have malpractice insurance.   (2) For purposes of this section:   (a) "clinic" means a place for the provision of health care to patients that is organized for the delivery of health care without compensation or that is operated as a health center under 42 U.S.C. 254b;   (b) "community-based program to provide access to health care services for uninsured persons" means a local program in which care is provided without compensation to individuals who have been referred through that community-based program and in which the medical practitioner or dental hygienist has entered into a written agreement to provide the service;   (c) "health care" has the meaning provided in 50-16-504;   (d) "without compensation" means that the medical practitioner or dental hygienist voluntarily rendered health care without receiving any reimbursement or compensation, except for reimbursement for supplies.   (3) Subsection (1) applies only to a medical practitioner or dental hygienist who:   (a) does not have malpractice insurance coverage because the medical practitioner or dental hygienist is retired or is otherwise not engaged in active practice; or   (b) has malpractice insurance coverage that has a rider or exclusion that excludes coverage for services provided under this section.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 359, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 406, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 157, L. 2009.