{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-1-1-140","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 1-1-140","heading":"Public utility exemption from civil liability; catastrophes caused by an act of God.","body":"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a public utility is not liable for damages to real or personal property or damages for claims resulting from economic losses in any civil action against the public utility for a catastrophe caused by an act of God.\n(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to damages if a negligent, willful, wanton or reckless act of the public utility was a proximate cause of the catastrophe.\n(c) As used in this section:\n(i) \"Economic losses\" includes damages caused by a failure to provide an adequate supply of gas, electricity, water, solid or liquid waste collection or disposal, heating and ground transportation;\n(ii) \"Municipality\" means as defined in W.S. 37-1-101(a)(iii);\n(iii) \"Public utility\" means as defined in W.S. 37-1-101(a)(vi), excluding the state or a municipality.\n(d) Should any grant of immunity, exception or imposition of liability within the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act conflict with any provision of this section, the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act shall prevail.","path":["TITLE 1 - CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO CIVIL ACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title01.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:31Z","sha256":"79272aca3dc6cdbd14f0903be3ce0e7e4864b4305627419a9b3f68918947be43","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-1-1-139","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-1-1-141"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}