1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 27
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. Part 7
  5. 27-1-711 Liability of minor or person of unsound mind for own torts -- exemplary damages

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 1. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY

Part 7. Liability

Liability Of Minor Or Person Of Unsound Mind For Own Torts -- Exemplary Damages

27-1-711. Liability of minor or person of unsound mind for own torts -- exemplary damages. A minor or person of unsound mind is civilly liable for a wrong done by that person but is not liable in exemplary damages unless at the time of the act the person was capable of knowing that it was wrongful.

History: En. Sec. 24, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3598, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5686, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 41; re-en. Sec. 5686, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 64-113; amd. Sec. 584, Ch. 56, L. 2009.