1-1-140. Public utility exemption from civil liability; catastrophes caused by an act of God.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a public utility is not liable for damages to real or personal property or damages for claims resulting from economic losses in any civil action against the public utility for a catastrophe caused by an act of God.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to damages if a negligent, willful, wanton or reckless act of the public utility was a proximate cause of the catastrophe.
(c) As used in this section:
(i) "Economic losses" includes damages caused by a failure to provide an adequate supply of gas, electricity, water, solid or liquid waste collection or disposal, heating and ground transportation;
(ii) "Municipality" means as defined in W.S. 37-1-101(a)(iii);
(iii) "Public utility" means as defined in W.S. 37-1-101(a)(vi), excluding the state or a municipality.
(d) Should any grant of immunity, exception or imposition of liability within the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-120, conflict with any provision of this section, the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act shall prevail.
Structure Wyoming Statutes
Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure
Chapter 1 - General Provisions as to Civil Actions
Section 1-1-101 - Provisions to Be Liberally Construed.
Section 1-1-102 - Minors as Parties to Actions.
Section 1-1-103 - Power of Deputies.
Section 1-1-104 - Sureties; Justification.
Section 1-1-105 - Sureties; Qualifications.
Section 1-1-106 - Compensation of Cross Demands.
Section 1-1-107 - Furnishing of Transcripts.
Section 1-1-108 - Voluntary Partial Payment of Liability Claims.
Section 1-1-109 - Comparative Fault.
Section 1-1-114 - Pleading of Damages.
Section 1-1-115 - Civil Liability for Unpaid Checks.
Section 1-1-116 - Civil Liability for Theft of Services.
Section 1-1-117 - Affidavits of Noninvolvement.
Section 1-1-118 - Amateur Rodeos; Liability for Injuries; Consent to Participate.
Section 1-1-119 - Release or Covenant Not to Sue.
Section 1-1-120 - Persons Rendering Emergency Assistance Exempt From Civil Liability.
Section 1-1-121 - Recreation Safety Act; Short Title.
Section 1-1-122 - Definitions.
Section 1-1-123 - Assumption of Risk.
Section 1-1-123.1 - Ski Safety Act; Short Title.
Section 1-1-123.2 - Definitions.
Section 1-1-123.4 - Assumption of Risks; Limitations on Actions.
Section 1-1-123.5 - Negligence; Civil Actions.
Section 1-1-124 - Pretrial Screening.
Section 1-1-125 - Immunity for Volunteers; Volunteer Firefighters; Search and Rescue.
Section 1-1-126 - Civil Liability for Stalking.
Section 1-1-127 - Civil Liability for Shoplifting.
Section 1-1-128 - Civil Liability for Theft of Identity.
Section 1-1-130 - Actions Against Health Care Providers; Admissibility of Evidence.
Section 1-1-131 - Short Title.
Section 1-1-132 - Definitions.
Section 1-1-133 - Applicability.
Section 1-1-134 - Limitations on Successor Asbestos-Related Liabilities.
Section 1-1-135 - Establishing Fair Market Value of Total Assets.
Section 1-1-137 - Scope of Act.
Section 1-1-139 - Civil Liability for Female Genital Mutilation.
Section 1-1-141 - Covid-19 Exposure and Illness; Assumption of the Risk.