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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, § 99-A: Pilot liability, 1999

A pilot is generally shielded from liability for another pilot’s acts or omissions and for certain claims tied to pilot services, but not for the pilot’s own intentional, willful, or reckless misconduct.

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“A pilot is generally shielded from liability for another pilot’s acts or omissions and for certain claims tied to pilot services, but not for the pilot’s own intentional, willful, or reckless misconduct.”

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Pilot liability

A pilot is generally shielded from liability for another pilot’s acts or omissions and for certain claims tied to pilot services, but not for the pilot’s own intentional, willful, or reckless misconduct.

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Source record from legislature.maine.gov · Enacted 1999 · Source version 1 Oct 2025

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§ 99-APilot liabilityProvision

A pilot is generally shielded from liability for another pilot’s acts or omissions and for certain claims tied to pilot services, but not for the pilot’s own intentional, willful, or reckless misconduct.

1. Acts or omissions of another pilot; no liability. A pilot is not liable directly or as a member of an organization of pilots for a claim that arises from an act or omission of another pilot or organization of pilots or that relates directly or indirectly to pilot services. [PL 1999, c. 355, §21 (NEW).] 2. Limitation on liability. A pilot providing pilot services is not liable for more than $5,000 in damages or loss caused by any negligent act or omission in the performance of pilot services. A pilot providing piloting services is liable for: A. Damages or loss arising from the intentional, willful or reckless misconduct of the pilot; or [PL 1999, c. 355, §21 (NEW).] B. Liability for exemplary damages for intentional, willful or reckless conduct of the pilot for which no other person is jointly or severally liable. [PL 1999, c. 355, §21 (NEW).] [RR 1999, c. 1, §52 (COR).] Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt an owner or operator of a vessel from liability for damage or loss caused by that vessel. [RR 1999, c. 1, §52 (COR).]
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