Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code
§ 78.053 — LIABILITY
CP § 78.053Title 4. LIABILITY IN TORT · Ch. 78. CERTAIN FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE-FIGHTING ENTITIES · Art. B. MARINE FIRE-FIGHTING SERVICES
Statute text
View on source(a)A nonprofit fire department is liable for damages described by Section 78.052 only to the extent that the governmental unit with which the nonprofit fire department is contracting would be liable under Chapter 101.
(b)Section 101.106 applies to a claimant in a suit against a fire fighter as if the fire fighter were an employee of a governmental unit and the nonprofit fire department were a governmental unit.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.