Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 5-404
Terms Used In Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 5-404
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(2) “Agent of a charitable organization” means a person who:
(i) Is or was a director, officer, or employee of a charitable organization; or
(ii) On a volunteer basis, is or was providing services or performing duties on behalf of a charitable organization.
(3) “Charitable organization” means an organization, institution, association, society, or corporation that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(4) “Farmer” means a person, including a corporation, who engages in an activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of a farm product.
(5) “Farm product” has the meaning stated in § 10-601 of the Agriculture Article.
(6) “Glean” means:
(i) To harvest or collect farm products from the fields of a farmer who grants access to the fields without charging a fee; and
(ii) To distribute the farm products to needy individuals, including unemployed and low-income individuals.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a farmer is not personally liable for damages in a civil action brought against the farmer for injury to a person or property by a charitable organization or an agent of a charitable organization that the farmer permitted to glean on the farmer’s property.
(c) This section does not limit any liability that otherwise exists for willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against any dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity.