Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 4042
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 4042
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Manager: means a person that under the operating agreement of a manager-managed limited liability company is responsible, alone or in concert with others, for performing the management functions stated in subsection 4054(c) of this title. See
- Member: means a person that has become a member of a limited liability company under section 4051 of this title and has not dissociated under section 4081 of this title. See
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
§ 4042. Liability of members and managers
(a) The debts, obligations, or other liabilities of a limited liability company, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise:
(1) are solely the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the company; and
(2) do not become the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of a member or manager solely by reason of the member acting as a member or the manager acting as a manager.
(b) The failure of a limited liability company to observe any particular formalities relating to the exercise of its power or management of its activities is not a ground for imposing liability on a member or manager for the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the company. (Added 2015, No. 17, § 2.)