1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 61
  3. CHAPTER 6
  4. Part 2
  5. 61-6-201 Liability of owner for negligence of employee driver

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 6. RESPONSIBILITY OF VEHICLE USERS AND OWNERS

Part 2. Liability of Vehicle Owner -- Contract Indemnification Limitations

Liability Of Owner For Negligence Of Employee Driver

61-6-201. Liability of owner for negligence of employee driver. The owner of a vehicle running or traveling upon any highway or road for the conveyance of passengers is liable for all damage to person or property done by any person in the owner's employment as a driver while driving the vehicle, whether done willfully or negligently or otherwise, in the same manner that driver would be liable.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, Ch. 72, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, Ch. 141, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 1748, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 2936; re-en. Sec. 1748, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1112; amd. Sec. 1956, Ch. 56, L. 2009.