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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 13, § 753

Responsibility for professional services

Known as the Maine Professional Service Corporation Act

The act spans §§ 721 to 772 (24 sections).

PL 2001, c. 640, §B2 (NEW)

1. Relationship between professional and recipient of services. This chapter does not modify the liability of a person rendering a professional service with respect to that service.

2. Shareholder liability for debts and claims. Except as provided in subsection 3, the liability of shareholders for the debts of and claims against a corporation is the same as that of shareholders of a business corporation.

3. Shareholder liability arising from rendering professional service. A shareholder is jointly and severally liable for claims arising from the rendering of a professional service by a domestic professional corporation or foreign professional corporation if that shareholder:

A. Personally and directly participated in rendering that portion of a professional service that was performed negligently or in breach of any other legal duty; or

B. Directly supervised and controlled that portion of a professional service rendered by another person that was performed negligently or in breach of any other legal duty.

Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.