Ohio Code 6115.77 – Liability for damages to district works
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(A) All persons and corporations shall be liable for damage done to works of a sanitary district by themselves, their agents, their employees, or by their livestock.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 6115.77
- 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.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02
(B) No person shall willfully damage any works of a sanitary district. Whoever violates this division of this section shall be liable for all damages and costs.
The board of directors of the sanitary district may repair such damage at the expense of the person or corporation committing it.