Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 78.053
Liability

(a)

A nonprofit fire department is liable for damages described by Section 78.052 (Applicability of Subchapter: Marine Fire Emergency) only to the extent that the governmental unit with which the nonprofit fire department is contracting would be liable under Chapter 101 (Tort Claims).

(b)

Section 101.106 (Election of Remedies) 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.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Source: Section 78.053 — Liability, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.­78.­htm#78.­053 (accessed May 18, 2024).

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