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for a penalty incurred, as a result of a wrongful act or omission,
or other actionable conduct, of a partner acting in the ordinary
course of business of the partnership or with authority of the
partnership.

 
2.__Partnership liable for misapplication.__If, in the course
of the partnership's business or while acting with authority of
the partnership, a partner receives or causes the partnership to
receive money or property of a person not a partner, and the
money or property is misapplied by a partner, the partnership is
liable for the loss.

 
§1034.__Partner's liability

 
1.__Jointly and severally liable.__Except as otherwise
provided in subsections 2 and 3, all partners are liable jointly
and severally for all obligations of the partnership unless
otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law.

 
2.__Not personally liable for obligation prior to admission.__
A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is
not personally liable for any partnership obligation incurred
before the person's admission as a partner.

 
3.__Obligation incurred while limited liability partnership.__
An obligation of a partnership incurred while the partnership is
a limited liability partnership, whether arising in contract,
tort or otherwise, is solely the obligation of the partnership.__
A partner is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by
way of contribution or otherwise, for such an obligation solely
by reason of being or so acting as a partner.__This subsection
applies notwithstanding anything inconsistent in the partnership
agreement that existed immediately before the vote required to
become a limited liability partnership under section 821,
subsection 2.

 
4.__Exceptions to limited liability of shareholders.__The
exceptions under common law to a limited liability of
shareholders of a business corporation organized under the Maine
Business Corporation Act and shareholders of a professional
corporation organized under the Maine Professional Service
Corporation Act apply to the limited liability of partners in a
professional limited liability partnership.

 
§1035.__Actions by and against partnership and partners

 
1.__Sue and be sued.__A partnership may sue and be sued in the
name of the partnership.


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