Montana Code 75-10-725. Immunity of fire agency and employees for hazardous or deleterious substance cleanup
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75-10-725. Immunity of fire agency and employees for hazardous or deleterious substance cleanup. A governmental fire agency organized under Title 7, chapter 33, and the employees of the agency are not liable for civil damages, except damages for gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, for their acts or omissions that are directly related to the hazardous material incident.
Terms Used In Montana Code 75-10-725
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Hazardous or deleterious substance: means a substance that because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may pose an imminent and substantial threat to public health, safety, or welfare or the environment and is:
(a)a substance that is defined as a hazardous substance by section 101(14) of the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U. See Montana Code 75-10-701