Mont. Code Ann. § 39-2-701
(2005)

Indemnification of employee

(1) An employer must indemnify his employee, except as prescribed in subsection (2) of this section, for all that he necessarily expends or loses in direct consequence of the discharge of his duties as such or of his obedience to the directions of the employer, even though unlawful, unless the employee at the time of obeying such directions believed them to be unlawful.

(2) An employer is not bound to indemnify his employee for losses suffered by the latter in consequence of the ordinary risks of the business in which he is employed.

(3) An employer must in all cases indemnify his employee for losses caused by the former's want of ordinary care.

History:
(1)En. Sec. 2660, Civ. C. 1895
Re-en. Sec. 5242, Rev. C. 1907
Re-en. Sec. 7757, R.C.M. 1921
Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1969
Field Civ. C. Sec. 1005
Re-en. Sec. 7757, R.C.M. 1935
Sec. 41-102, R.C.M. 1947
(2)En. Sec. 2661, Civ. C. 1895
Re-en. Sec. 5243, Rev. C. 1907
Re-en. Sec. 7758, R.C.M. 1921
Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1970
Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 1006
Re-en. Sec. 7758, R.C.M. 1935
Sec. 41-103, R.C.M. 1947
(3)En. Sec. 2662, Civ. C. 1895
Re-en. Sec. 5244, Rev. C. 1907
Re-en. Sec. 7759, R.C.M. 1921
Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1971
Field Civ. C. Sec. 1007
Re-en. Sec. 7759, R.C.M. 1935
Sec. 41-104, R.C.M. 1947
R.C.M. 1947, 41-102, 41-103, 41-104.