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Section 49-z-501

Citation
Section 49-z-501
Parent Document
Bruner v. Yellowstone County, 272 Mont. 261 (1995)
Jurisdiction
Montana (state)
Effective Date
1995-08-03
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/883592/bruner-v-yellowstone-county/ ↗

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The basis      of responsibility     under the doctrine          of
          negligent     hiring     is the master's   own negligence      in hiring
          or retaining         in his employ an incompetent         servant     whom
          the master       knows or by the exercise        of reasonable        care
          should     have known was incompetent         or unfit     and thereby
          creating     an unreasonable       risk  of harm to others.