Montana Code 35-4-404. Responsibility for services
35-4-404. Responsibility for services. (1) An individual who renders professional services as an employee of a domestic or foreign professional corporation is liable for any negligent or wrongful act or omission in which the individual personally participates to the same extent as if the individual had rendered the services as a sole practitioner. An employee of a professional corporation is not liable for the conduct of other employees unless the employee is at fault in appointing, supervising, or cooperating with them.
Terms Used In Montana Code 35-4-404
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Foreign professional corporation: means a corporation for profit organized for the purpose of rendering professional services under a law other than the laws of this state, including the laws of a federally recognized Indian tribe. See Montana Code 35-4-109
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2)A domestic or foreign professional corporation whose employee performs professional services within the scope of the employee’s employment or apparent authority to act for the corporation is liable to the same extent as that employee.
(3)Except as otherwise provided by statute, the personal liability of a shareholder of a domestic or foreign professional corporation is no greater in any respect than that of a shareholder of a corporation organized under the Montana Business Corporation Act.