5-345. IMMUNITY FOR AID DURING AN EMERGENCY. (1) No architect, engineer, or contractor may be held liable for personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or other loss related to any architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, construction, design, or other professional service provided by the architect or engineer, voluntarily or without compensation, or the contractor at the request or approval of a national, state, or local public official in response to a declared national, state, or local emergency, a disaster, or a catastrophic event. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to services rendered within ninety (90) days following the end of the declared emergency, disaster, or catastrophic event unless extended by executive order of the governor.
(2) Limited liability under this section shall not apply if the injury, death, or damage is the result of unreasonable acts, gross negligence, or willful or wanton misconduct or if the architect, engineer, or contractor did not act as a reasonable architect, engineer, or contractor would have under the same or similar circumstances.
History:
[5-345, added 2020, ch. 217, sec. 1, p. 642.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 5 - PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS IN COURTS OF RECORD
Chapter 3 - PARTIES TO ACTIONS
Section 5-302 - ASSIGNMENT OF THING IN ACTION.
Section 5-304 - MARRIED WOMEN AS PARTIES.
Section 5-305 - HUSBAND AND WIFE SUED TOGETHER.
Section 5-306 - INFANTS AND INSANE PERSONS — GUARDIANS AD LITEM.
Section 5-308 - ACTION FOR SEDUCTION.
Section 5-309 - ACTION FOR SEDUCTION — PROSECUTION BY PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
Section 5-310 - ACTION FOR INJURY TO UNMARRIED CHILD.
Section 5-311 - SUIT FOR WRONGFUL DEATH BY OR AGAINST HEIRS OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES — DAMAGES.
Section 5-319 - DEATH OR TRANSFER OF INTEREST — PROCEDURE — ACTIONS BY OR AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICERS.
Section 5-326 - UNKNOWN OWNERS OR HEIRS — EFFECT OF JUDGMENTS AND DECREES.
Section 5-328 - STATE A PARTY DEFENDANT IN SUIT AFFECTING TITLE TO REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Section 5-329 - SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Section 5-330 - IMMUNITY OF PERSONS GIVING EMERGENCY FIRST AID FROM DAMAGE CLAIM.
Section 5-331 - IMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE ATTENDANT.
Section 5-332 - CONSENT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Section 5-334 - ACT OR OMISSION PREVENTING ABORTION NOT ACTIONABLE.
Section 5-335 - GENERAL RULES OF PLEADING — CLAIMS FOR RELIEF.
Section 5-336 - DEMAND FOR JUDGMENT — DEFAULT JUDGMENTS.
Section 5-337 - IMMUNITY FOR USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED).
Section 5-338 - IMMUNITY OF DONORS OF WILD GAME MEAT.
Section 5-339 - IMMUNITY OF FOOD DONOR AND FOOD BANK.
Section 5-341 - IMMUNITY OF EMPLOYERS ALLOWING EMPLOYEE FIREARM STORAGE.
Section 5-342 - IMMUNITY FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.
Section 5-343 - IMMUNITY OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ALLOWING FIREARMS.
Section 5-344 - IMMUNITY — AID TO PERSON IN VEHICLE.