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23-12-506. Death or injury of employee — No assumption of risk.
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23-12-506. Death or injury of employee — No assumption of risk.
An employee shall not be held to have assumed the risk of his or her employment in any action arising out of any of the provisions of this section and §§ 23-12-501 — 23-12-505, and 23-12-507.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-12-506
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23-12-506. Death or injury of employee — No assumption of risk.
An employee shall not be held to have assumed the risk of his or her employment in any action arising out of any of the provisions of this section and §§ 23-12-501 — 23-12-505, and 23-12-507.
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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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23-12-505. Death or injury of employee — Contributory negligence.
(a) In all rights of action arising within, or by virtue of, this section and §§ 23-12-501 — 23-12-504, 23-12-506 and 23-12-507 for personal injury to an employee, or where an injury has resulted in his or her death, the fact that an employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery if the negligence of the employee was of a lesser degree than the negligence of the common carrier, its officers, agents, or employees.
(b) No employee who may be injured or killed shall be held to have been guilty of contributory negligence in any case where the violation by the common carrier or its officials, agents, or employees of any law enacted for the safety of employees or persons contributed to the injury or death of the employee.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-12-505
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 23-12-505. 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.