Except as otherwise provided by law, each person is responsible not only for the results of the person's willful acts but also for an injury occasioned to another by the person's want of ordinary care or skill in the management of the person's property or person except so far as the person has willfully or by want of ordinary care brought the injury upon the person.
Mont. Code Ann. § 27-1-701
Liability for negligence as well as willful acts
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Oberson v. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (2006)
Most recently applied in 874 F. Supp. 2d 951 - Joseph v. Wilmerding (July 2012)
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Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.