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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) The furnishing of or the failure to furnish safety consultation services related to, in connection with, or incidental to a workers' compensation insurance contract or agreement to provide workers' compensation coverage does not subject the insurer or its agents, employees, or service contractors to liability for damages from injury, loss, or death, whether direct or consequential, occurring as a result of any act or omission by any person in the course of providing safety consultation services.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply:
(a) if the injury, loss, or death occurred during the actual performance of safety consultation services and was directly and proximately caused by the negligence of the insurer or its agents, employees, or service contractors;
(b) to any safety consultation services required to be performed under the provisions of a written service contract for which a specific charge is made and not incidental to a policy of insurance; or
(c) in an action against an insurer or its agents, employees, or service contractors for damages caused by the act or omission of the insurer or its agents, employees, or service contractors in which it is judicially determined that the act or omission constituted a crime or involved actual malice.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Montana Title 39. Labor § 39-71-1508. Safety consultation services--insurer's exemption from civil liability--exceptions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mt/title-39-labor/mt-code-ann-sect-39-71-1508/
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