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23-12-502. Construction of §§ 23-12-501 — 23-12-507.
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23-12-502. Construction of §§ 23-12-501 — 23-12-507.
Nothing in this section and §§ 23-12-501 and 23-12-503 — 23-12-507 shall be held to limit the duty of common carriers by railroad or impair the rights of their employees in the existing laws of the state.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-12-502
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23-12-502. Construction of §§ 23-12-501 — 23-12-507.
Nothing in this section and §§ 23-12-501 and 23-12-503 — 23-12-507 shall be held to limit the duty of common carriers by railroad or impair the rights of their employees in the existing laws of the state.
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23-12-501. Definitions for §§ 23-12-501 — 23-12-507.
As used in this section and §§ 23-12-502 — 23-12-507, unless the context otherwise requires, “common carrier by railroad” or “common carrier” shall be taken to embrace any company, association, corporation, or person managing, maintaining, operating, or in possession of a common carrier operating upon rails or tracks in whole or in part within this state whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee, or receiver.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-12-501
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23-12-503. Liability for injury or death of employee generally.
Every common carrier by railroad in this state shall be liable for all damages to any person suffering injury while he or she is employed by the carrier or, in case of the death of the employee, to his or her personal or legal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of the employee; if none, then to the employee's parents; if none, then to the next of kin of the employee, for the injury or death resulting in whole or in part:
(1) From the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of the carrier;
(2) By reason of any insufficiency of clearance of obstructions; of strength of roadbed and tracks or structures, or machinery and equipment; of lights and signals in switching and terminal yards, or rules; and of number of employees to perform the particular duties with safety to themselves and their co-employees, or of any other insufficiency; or
(3) By reason of any defect, which defect is due to its negligence in its cars, engines, motors, appliances, machinery, tracks, roadbeds, boats, works, wharves, or other equipment.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-12-503
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 23-12-503. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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23-12-507. Death or injury of employee — Contracts of employment or indemnity insurance no defense — Setoff by employer.
(a) No contract of employment, insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity for injury or death entered into by or on behalf of any employee nor the acceptance of any insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity by the person entitled thereto shall constitute any bar or defense to any action brought to recover damages for personal injuries to, or death of, the employees.
(b) However, upon the trial of the action, the defendant may set off therein any sum it has contributed toward any insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee, or, in case of death, to his or her personal or legal representative.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-12-507
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 23-12-507. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.