61-6-201. Liability of owner for negligence of employee driver. The owner of a vehicle running or traveling upon any highway or road for the conveyance of passengers is liable for all damage to person or property done by any person in the owner's employment as a driver while driving the vehicle, whether done willfully or negligently or otherwise, in the same manner that driver would be liable.
Montana Code Annotated
Mont. Code Ann. § 61-6-201 (2026)
Liability Of Owner For Negligence Of Employee Driver
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TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES
CHAPTER 6. RESPONSIBILITY OF VEHICLE USERS AND OWNERS
Part 2. Liability of Vehicle Owner -- Contract Indemnification Limitations
Liability Of Owner For Negligence Of Employee Driver
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, Ch. 72, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 5, Ch. 8, Ch. 141, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 1748, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 2936; re-en. Sec. 1748, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1112; amd. Sec. 1956, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
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Cited in 2
cases, 1995–2000 · leading case: Ulrigg v. Jones, 907 P.2d 937 (Mont. 1995).
Ulrigg v. Jones, 907 P.2d 937 (Mont. 1995). “Second, § 61-6-201, MCA, imposes vicarious liability upon owners of vehicles used in commercial passenger transportation for acts and omissions of their employees while driving such vehicles.”
Larson-Murphy v. Steiner, 2000 MT 334 (Mont. 2000). “, § 49-4-216, MCA (describing duty and civil liability of pedestrian or driver approaching blind person); § 61-5-108, MCA (describing liability of minors imputed to parents under motor vehicles statute); § 61-6-201, MCA (describing liability of owner for negligence of employee…”
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