455B.399  Cleanup assistance--liability.

1.  A person who provides assistance or advice in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened hazardous condition or in preventing, cleaning up or disposing of or in attempting to prevent, clean up or dispose of a hazardous condition is not liable for damages resulting from the assistance or advice.

2.  Subsection 1 does not apply to a person who receives compensation other than reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for services in rendering the assistance or advice.

3.  This section does not limit the liability of a person for damages resulting from the person's gross negligence or reckless, wanton or intentional misconduct.

Section History: Recent form

  84 Acts, ch 1059, § 1

Internal References

  Referred to in §455J.7


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