§ 34-30-35-5 — Immunity from civil liability

Indiana § 34-30-35-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 30: IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY
• Ch. 35: Liability Connected With the Absence of Optional

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b):
(1) an owner, lessor, or operator of a commercial motor vehicle;
or
(2) a person renting or leasing the commercial motor vehicle to
another person;
is not civilly liable for a claim asserting that the person described in
subdivisions (1) through (2) has an obligation or duty to install or equip
optional equipment on a commercial motor vehicle.
(b) The immunity described in subsection (a) does not apply if the
person described in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) fails to comply with a
law, rule, or regulation issued after the commercial motor vehicle
involved in an accident was manufactured or first sold that requires a
mandatory retrofit or recall of the commercial motor vehicle to install
or equip optional equipment.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.141-2024, SEC.54.