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MT Code § 27-1-516 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 5. Right to Bring Action or Assert Defense|27-1-516. Injury to servant

  27-1-516. Injury to servant. The rights of personal relations forbid any injury to a servant which affects the servant's ability to serve the master.   History: En. Sec. 35, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3605, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5693, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 49; Field Civ. C. Sec. 32; re-en. Sec. 5693, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 535, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 64-209(4).
MT Code § 27-1-517 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 5. Right to Bring Action or Assert Defense|27-1-517. through 27-1-519 reserved

  27-1-517 through 27-1-519 reserved.
MT Code § 27-1-520 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 5. Right to Bring Action or Assert Defense|27-1-520. Action against successful bidder -- failure to pay standard prevailing wages or unemployment insurance or to carry workers' compensation insurance

  27-1-520. Action against successful bidder -- failure to pay standard prevailing wages or unemployment insurance or to carry workers' compensation insurance. A person who loses a competitive bid on a construction contract may maintain an action for damages against a successful bidder if the successful bidder does not pay standard prevailing wages on a contract where payment of the standard prevailing wage rate is required by Title 18, chapter 2, part 4, does not contribute to the state unemployment insurance fund, as required by 39-51-1103, or does not pay workers' compensation premiums, as required by 39-71-401. If the bids are sealed or for any other reason kept confidential, the person who solicited the bids shall, on request by a bidder who indicates an intent to sue under this section, inform the bidder of the identity of the next lowest valid bidder after the successful bidder. Upon proof that payment by the successful bidder of standard prevailing wages, workers' compensation premiums, and contributions to the state unemployment insurance fund for the job would have increased the successful bidder's bid amount in excess of the plaintiff's bid, the plaintiff may recover damages. The measure of damages is the same as provided in 27-1-311, except that the total amount assessed against the successful bidder by all litigants may not exceed 10% of the successful bidder's bid.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 478, L. 1991.
MT Code § 27-1-601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 6. Abolition of Certain Causes of Action|27-1-601. Cause of action for alienation of affections abolished

  27-1-601. Cause of action for alienation of affections abolished. All civil causes of action for alienation of affections of husband or wife are hereby abolished.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 200, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 17-1201(part).
MT Code § 27-1-602 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 6. Abolition of Certain Causes of Action|27-1-602. Cause of action for breach of promise abolished -- right to damages for fraud and unjust enrichment preserved

  27-1-602. Cause of action for breach of promise abolished -- right to damages for fraud and unjust enrichment preserved. All causes of action for breach of contract to marry are hereby abolished. However, where a plaintiff has suffered actual damage due to fraud or deceit or a defendant has been unjustly enriched, the plaintiff may maintain an action for fraud or deceit or unjust enrichment and recover therein only the actual damage proved or for the benefit wrongfully obtained or restitution of property wrongfully withheld where such action otherwise is maintainable under existing law.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 200, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 17-1202.
MT Code § 27-1-603 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 6. Abolition of Certain Causes of Action|27-1-603. Acts within Montana not to give rise to abolished cause of action

  27-1-603. Acts within Montana not to give rise to abolished cause of action. No act done within this state after July 1, 1963, shall operate to give rise, either within or without this state, to any of the causes of action abolished by this part. No contract to marry which shall be made within this state after July 1, 1963, shall operate to give rise, either within or without this state, to any cause of action for breach thereof. It is the intention of this part to fix the effect, status, and character of such acts and contracts and to render them ineffective to support or give rise to any such causes of action within or without this state.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 200, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 17-1203.
MT Code § 27-1-604 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 6. Abolition of Certain Causes of Action|27-1-604. Litigation and threat of litigation prohibited

  27-1-604. Litigation and threat of litigation prohibited. Effective July 1, 1963, it shall be unlawful for any person, either as litigant or attorney, to file, cause to be filed, threaten to file, or threaten to cause to be filed in any court in this state any pleading or paper setting forth or seeking to recover upon any cause of action abolished or barred by this part, whether such cause of action arose within or without this state.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 200, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 17-1204.
MT Code § 27-1-605 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 6. Abolition of Certain Causes of Action|27-1-605. Agreements settling or compromising abolished causes of action

  27-1-605. Agreements settling or compromising abolished causes of action. (1) All contracts and instruments of every kind which, after July 1, 1963, may be executed within this state in payment, satisfaction, settlement, or compromise of any claim or cause of action abolished or barred by this part, whether such claim or cause of action arose within or without this state, are hereby declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state and absolutely void.   (2) It shall be unlawful to:   (a) cause, induce, or procure any person to execute such a contract or instrument;   (b) cause, induce, or procure any person to give, pay, transfer, or deliver any money or thing of value in payment, satisfaction, settlement, or compromise of any such claim or cause of action;   (c) receive, take, or accept any such money or thing of value in such payment, satisfaction, settlement, or compromise; or   (d) commence or cause to be commenced, either as litigant or attorney, in any court of this state any proceeding or action seeking to enforce or recover upon any such contract or instrument knowing it to be such, whether the same shall have been executed within or without this state.   (3) However, this section shall not apply to the payment, satisfaction, settlement, or compromise of any causes of action which are not abolished or barred by this part or any contracts or instruments heretofore executed or to the bona fide holder in due course of any negotiable instrument which may be executed after July 1, 1963.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 200, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 17-1205.
MT Code § 27-1-606 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 6. Abolition of Certain Causes of Action|27-1-606. Criminal penalty

  27-1-606. Criminal penalty. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part is punishable upon conviction therefor by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term of not less than 1 year or more than 5 years, in the discretion of the court.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 200, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 17-1206; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 12, L. 1979.
MT Code § 27-1-701 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-701. Liability for negligence as well as willful acts

  27-1-701. Liability for negligence as well as willful acts. Except as otherwise provided by law, each person is responsible not only for the results of the person's willful acts but also for an injury occasioned to another by the person's want of ordinary care or skill in the management of the person's property or person except so far as the person has willfully or by want of ordinary care brought the injury upon the person.   History: En. Sec. 2296, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5077, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7579, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1714; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 853; re-en. Sec. 7579, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 58-607; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 12, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 209, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 397, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 437, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 440, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 508, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 516, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 583, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 27-1-702 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-702. Comparative negligence -- extent to which contributory negligence bars recovery in action for damages

  27-1-702. (Temporary) Comparative negligence -- extent to which contributory negligence bars recovery in action for damages. Contributory negligence does not bar recovery in an action by a person or the person's legal representative to recover damages for negligence resulting in death or injury to the person or property if the contributory negligence was not greater than the negligence of the person or the combined negligence of all persons against whom recovery is sought, but any damages allowed must be diminished in the proportion to the percentage of negligence attributable to the person recovering. (Terminates on occurrence of contingency--sec. 11(2), Ch. 429, L. 1997.)   27-1-702. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Comparative fault -- extent to which contributory fault bars recovery in action for damages. Contributory fault does not bar recovery in an action by a person or a person's legal representative to recover tort damages for death of a person or injury to a person or property if the contributory fault was not greater than the fault of the defendant or the combined fault of all defendants and nonparties, but damages allowed must be diminished in proportion to the percentage of fault attributable to the person recovering.   History: En. 58-607.1 by Sec. 1, Ch. 60, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 58-607.1; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 505, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 293, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 429, L. 1997.
MT Code § 27-1-704 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-704. Release -- covenant not to sue

  27-1-704. Release -- covenant not to sue. A release or covenant not to sue given to one of two or more persons liable in tort for the same injury, death, damage, or loss:   (1) does not discharge any other tortfeasor from liability for that tortfeasor's several pro rata share of liability for the injury, death, damage, or loss unless the release or covenant not to sue provides otherwise;   (2) reduces the aggregate claim against the other tortfeasors to the extent of any percentage of fault attributed by the trier of fact under 27-1-703 to the tortfeasor to whom the release or covenant is given;   (3) discharges the tortfeasor to whom it is given from all liability for contribution.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 293, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 51, L. 1999.
MT Code § 27-1-706 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-706. Effect of a release or covenant not to sue

  27-1-706. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Effect of a release or covenant not to sue. A release or covenant not to sue given to one of two or more persons potentially liable in tort for the same injury, death, damage, or loss:   (1) does not discharge any of the other persons from liability for the person's several pro rata share of liability unless the terms of the release or covenant provide for a discharge of liability;   (2) reduces the aggregate claim against the other persons to the extent of any percentage of fault found by the trier of fact under 27-1-705 to be attributable to the person to whom the release or covenant was given; and   (3) discharges the person to whom it was given from all liability for contribution.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 429, L. 1997.
MT Code § 27-1-707 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-707. reserved

  27-1-707 reserved.
MT Code § 27-1-708 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-708. Liability of landowner to trespasser

  27-1-708. Liability of landowner to trespasser. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2):  (a) a landowner owes a trespasser no duty of care with respect to the condition of the property;   (b) a trespasser enters or remains on the trespassed property without any assurance that the property is safe for any purpose.   (2) (a) A landowner may be liable to a trespasser for an injury to person or property for an act or omission that constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.   (b) This section does not affect any immunities from or defense to civil liability established by another section of the Montana Code Annotated or available at common law to which a landowner may be entitled.   (3) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:   (a) "Landowner" means a person or private entity, including a landowner's agent, tenant, lessee, occupant, grantee of conservation easement, water users' association, and person or entities in control of the property or with an agreement to use or occupy the property.   (b) "Property" means privately owned real property of any kind. The term includes any improvements, buildings, structures, machinery, and equipment on the property.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 306, L. 2021.
MT Code § 27-1-709 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-709. Property owner's immunity from damage caused by use of property unlawfully taken

  27-1-709. Property owner's immunity from damage caused by use of property unlawfully taken. (1) The owner or possessor of personal property that is stolen is not liable in the absence of gross negligence for injury or damage arising out of the use of the property while the property is possessed by another. The owner of real property that is criminally misused by another without the owner's knowledge is not liable in the absence of gross negligence for injury or damage arising out of the misuse. This section includes property taken by theft, robbery, or burglary directly from the person's body or from a place of residence, tent or other recreational structure, or motor vehicle or boat that is owned, possessed, or used by the person owning or possessing the property.   (2) This section does not modify, amend, or eliminate the doctrines of negligence per se or attractive nuisance.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 400, L. 1997.
MT Code § 27-1-710 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-710. Civil liability for injuries involving alcohol consumption

  27-1-710. Civil liability for injuries involving alcohol consumption. (1) The purpose of this section is to set statutory criteria governing the liability of a person or entity that furnishes an alcoholic beverage for injury or damage arising from an event involving the person who consumed the beverage.   (2) Except as provided in 16-6-305, a person or entity furnishing an alcoholic beverage may not be found liable for injury or damage arising from an event involving the consumer wholly or partially on the basis of a provision or a violation of a provision of Title 16.   (3) Furnishing a person with an alcoholic beverage is not a cause of, or grounds for finding the furnishing person or entity liable for, injury or damage wholly or partly arising from an event involving the person who consumed the beverage unless:   (a) the consumer was under the legal drinking age and the furnishing person knew that the consumer was underage or did not make a reasonable attempt to determine the consumer's age;   (b) the consumer was visibly intoxicated; or   (c) the furnishing person forced or coerced the consumption or told the consumer that the beverage contained no alcohol.   (4) A jury or trier of fact may consider the consumption of an alcoholic beverage in addition to the sale, service, or provision of the alcoholic beverage in determining the cause of injuries or damages inflicted upon another by the consumer.   (5) A civil action may not be brought pursuant to subsection (3) by the consumer or by the consumer's estate, legal guardian, or dependent unless:   (a) the consumer was under the legal age and the furnishing person knew or should have known that the consumer was under age; or   (b) the furnishing person forced or coerced the consumption or told the consumer that the beverage contained no alcohol while knowing that it did contain alcohol.   (6) A civil action may not be commenced under this section against a person who furnished alcohol unless the person bringing the civil action provides notice of an intent to file the action to the person who furnished the alcohol by certified mail within 180 days from the date of sale or service. The civil action must be commenced pursuant to this section within 2 years after the sale or service.   (7) In any civil action brought pursuant to this section, the total liability for noneconomic damages may not exceed $250,000.   (8) In any civil action brought pursuant to this section, the total liability for punitive damages may not exceed $250,000.   (9) Evidence of intentional or criminal activity by a person causing injury in connection with any event or injury commenced pursuant to this part is admissible in any action brought pursuant to this section.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 1, Sp. L. March 1986; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 448, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 489, L. 2003.
MT Code § 27-1-711 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-711. Liability of minor or person of unsound mind for own torts -- exemplary damages

  27-1-711. Liability of minor or person of unsound mind for own torts -- exemplary damages. A minor or person of unsound mind is civilly liable for a wrong done by that person but is not liable in exemplary damages unless at the time of the act the person was capable of knowing that it was wrongful.   History: En. Sec. 24, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3598, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5686, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 41; re-en. Sec. 5686, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 64-113; amd. Sec. 584, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 27-1-712 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-712. Liability for damages for deceit

  27-1-712. Liability for damages for deceit. (1) One who willfully deceives another with intent to induce that person to alter the person's position to the person's injury or risk is liable for any damage that the person suffers.   (2) A deceit, within the meaning of subsection (1), is either:   (a) the suggestion as a fact of that which is not true by one who does not believe it to be true;   (b) the assertion as a fact of that which is not true by one who has no reasonable ground for believing it to be true;   (c) the suppression of a fact by one who is bound to disclose it or who gives information of other facts that are likely to mislead for want of communication of that fact; or   (d) a promise made without any intention of performing it.   (3) One who practices a deceit with intent to defraud the public or a particular class of persons is considered to have intended to defraud every individual in that class who is actually misled by the deceit.   History: (1)En. Sec. 2291, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5072, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7574, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1709; Field Civ. C. Sec. 848; re-en. Sec. 7574, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 58-602, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 2292, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5073, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7575, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1710; Field Civ. C. Sec. 849; re-en. Sec. 7575, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 58-603, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 2293, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5074, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7576, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1711; Field Civ. C. Sec. 850; re-en. Sec. 7576, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 58-604, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 58-602, 58-603, 58-604; amd. Sec. 585, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 27-1-713 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 27. Civil Liability, Remedies, and Limitations|Chapter 1. Availability of Remedies -- Liability|Part 7. Liability|27-1-713. Duty to restore thing wrongfully acquired or retained

  27-1-713. Duty to restore thing wrongfully acquired or retained. One who obtains a thing without the consent of its owner, by a consent later rescinded, or by an unlawful exaction that the owner could not at the time prudently refuse shall restore the thing to the person from whom it was obtained unless the person has acquired a title to the thing superior to that of the other person or unless the transaction was corrupt and unlawful on both sides. The restoration required by this section must be made without demand except where a thing is obtained by mutual mistake, in which case the party obtaining the thing is not bound to return it until the party has notice of the mistake.   History: Ap. p. Sec. 2294, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5075, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7577, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1712; Field Civ. C. Sec. 851; re-en. Sec. 7577, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 58-605, R.C.M. 1947; Ap. p. Sec. 2295, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5076, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7578, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1713; Field Civ. C. Sec. 852; re-en. Sec. 7578, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 58-606, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 58-605, 58-606; amd. Sec. 586, Ch. 56, L. 2009.