28-1-201. General duty of care, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL

Part 2. Obligations Imposed by Law

General Duty Of Care

28-1-201. General duty of care. Every person is bound, without contract, to abstain from injuring the person or property of another or infringing upon any of another person's rights.

History: En. Sec. 2290, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5071, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7573, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1708; Field Civ. C. Sec. 847; re-en. Sec. 7573, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 58-601; amd. Sec. 744, Ch. 56, L. 2009.