§ 5-802. Community recreation programs and volunteers
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial Proceedings
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 5-802
§ 5-802. Community recreation programs and volunteers
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a volunteer is not personally liable for damages in any civil action brought against the volunteer by virtue of the volunteer's act or omission in providing services or performing duties on behalf of a community recreation program.
(c) A volunteer is personally liable for damages in any civil action brought against the volunteer in which it is found that:
(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an athletic official is not personally liable in damages in any civil action brought against the athletic official by a player, a participant, or a spectator by virtue of the athletic official's act or omission arising out of the athletic official's duties and services performed while acting in the capacity of athletic official.
(e)(1) This section does not create, and may not be construed as creating, a new cause of action or substantive legal right against an athletic official or a volunteer.
Credits
Added as Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 5-313 by Acts 1987, c. 601. Amended by Acts 1988, c. 83; Acts 1994, c. 576, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1994. Renumbered as Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 5-802 by Acts 1997, c. 14, § 9, eff. April 8, 1997.
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 5-802, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 5-802
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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