Section 5-507 - Immunity - Municipal corporations and officers. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-507. Immunity - Municipal corporations and officers.
 

(a)  Contract actions.- In an action in contract described under Article 23A, § 1A of the Code, a municipal corporation, or its officer, department, agency, board, commission, or other unit of government, is not liable for punitive damages. 

(b)  Nonliability of officials generally; torts involving motor vehicles.-  

(1) An official of a municipal corporation, while acting in a discretionary capacity, without malice, and within the scope of the official's employment or authority shall be immune as an official or individual from any civil liability for the performance of the action. 

(2) An official of a municipal corporation is not immune from liability for negligence or any other tort arising from the operation of a motor vehicle except as to any claim for damages in excess of the limits of any applicable policy of motor vehicle liability insurance. 

(3) (i) Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a municipal corporation shall provide a defense for an official of the municipal corporation for any act arising within the scope of the official's employment or authority. 

(ii) A municipal corporation shall only provide a defense for an official of the municipal corporation for negligence or any other tort arising from the operation of a motor vehicle as to any claim for damages in excess of the limits of any applicable policy of motor vehicle liability insurance. 
 

[1990, ch. 546, § 3; 1997, ch. 14, § 9.]