§ 7-12-26. Nature of partner's liability. (a) All partners are liable, except as provided in subsection (b):
(1) Jointly and severally for everything chargeable to the partnership under §§ 7-12-24 and 7-12-25.
(2) Jointly for all other debts and obligations of the partnership; but any partner may enter into a separate obligation to perform a partnership contract.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), a partner in a registered limited-liability partnership is not liable, directly or indirectly (including by way of indemnification, contribution, assessment or otherwise), for debts, obligations, and liabilities of, or chargeable to, the partnership whether in tort, contract, or otherwise, arising while the partnership is a registered limited-liability partnership.
(c) Subsection (b) does not affect the individual liability of a partner in a registered limited-liability partnership for his or her own negligence, wrongful acts or misconduct, or that of any person under that partner's direct supervision and control other than in an administrative capacity.
(d) A partner in a registered limited-liability partnership is not a proper party in his or her individual capacity to a proceeding by or against a registered limited-liability partnership, the object of which is to recover damages or enforce the obligations of the registered limited-liability partnership, unless the partner is personally liable under subsection (c).
(e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the personal liability of a partner in a limited-liability partnership engaged in the rendering of professional services is not less than or greater than the personal liability of a shareholder of a professional corporation organized under chapter 5.1 of this title engaged in the rendering of the same professional services.
History of Section. (R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 15; P.L. 1996, ch. 270, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 235, § 1.)
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