Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 760 – Liability
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 760
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Overhead high-voltage line: means all above-ground bare or insulated electrical conductors of voltage in excess of 600 volts, measured between conductors or measured between a conductor and the ground, that are owned or operated by a transmission and distribution utility, except those conductors that are:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 752Person: means natural person, firm, business association, company, partnership, corporation or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 752
A person is liable to the owner or operator of the overhead high-voltage line and 3rd parties, if any, for all or part of the damages to facilities and injuries to persons and all or part of the costs, expenses and liabilities incurred by the owner or operator of the overhead high-voltage lines and 3rd parties, if any, as a result of any contact with an overhead high-voltage line if the person causes, permits or allows any work or activity in violation of a provision of this chapter and, as a result, a physical or electrical contact with an overhead high-voltage line occurs. The allocation of damages must be based on the comparative negligence of the parties as set forth in Title 14, section 156, except that employers of injured persons are immune from payment of damages to the extent provided under the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act of 1992. [PL 2021, c. 618, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 348, §1 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 618, §1 (AMD).