1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 69
  3. CHAPTER 14
  4. Part 6
  5. 69-14-610 Effect of railroad crossing provisions on liability of railroad

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 69. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

CHAPTER 14. RAILROADS

Part 6. Railroad Highway Crossings

Effect Of Railroad Crossing Provisions On Liability Of Railroad

69-14-610. Effect of railroad crossing provisions on liability of railroad. (1) Nothing contained in 69-14-601 through 69-14-611 affects the liability of a railroad company for damage to persons or property injured at a railroad crossing.

(2) A railroad company or an employee of a railroad company may not be held liable for damages to persons or property injured at a railroad crossing that is within a quiet zone, as defined in 69-14-620, if the damages are alleged to arise from the locomotive's failure to sound its horn or bell at a railroad crossing that is within a quiet zone as provided in 69-14-620.

History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 148, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 6634, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6634, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 72-710; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 527, L. 2003.