Montana Statutes
§ 27-1-701 — Liability For Negligence As Well As Willful Acts
Montana·Title 27 CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS·Ch. 1 AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY·Part 7 Liability
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.
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Legislative 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.
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§ 27-1-101
Judicial Remedies Defined§ 27-1-102
Actions And Special Proceedings Defined§ 27-1-103
Civil And Criminal Actions§ 27-1-104
Bases For Civil Actions§ 27-1-105
Obligation Defined§ 27-1-106
Injury Defined§ 27-1-107
Kinds Of Relief -- When Given§ 27-1-1101
Definition§ 27-1-1102
Duty To Warn Of Violent Behavior§ 27-1-1103
Immunity From Liability§ 27-1-1501
Short Title§ 27-1-1502
Findings -- Purpose§ 27-1-1503
Civil Action§ 27-1-1504
Reserved§ 27-1-1505
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