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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Virginia » Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure » Chapter 3 - Actions » Article 6. Injuries to Railroad Employees

§ 8.01-57. Liability of railroads for injury to certain employees

Every common carrier by railroad engaged in intrastate commerce shall be liable in damages to any of its employees suffering injury while employed by such carrier or, in the case of the death of any such employee, to his personal representative, for such injury or death, resulting in whole or in part from the wrongful […]

§ 8.01-59. Assumption of risk; violation of safety appliance acts

In any action brought against any common carrier, under or by virtue of § 8.01-57, to recover damages for injuries to, or death of, any of its employees, the knowledge of any employee injured or killed of the defective or unsafe character or condition of any machinery, ways, appliances, or structures of such carrier shall […]

§ 8.01-60. Contracts exempting from liability void; set-off of insurance

Any contract, rule, regulation or device whatsoever the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by § 8.01-57, shall to that extent be void; but in any action brought against any such common carrier under or by virtue of such section, such common […]

§ 8.01-61. Definition of “common carrier” as used in article

The term “common carrier” as used in §§ 8.01-57 to 8.01-60 shall include the receivers or other persons or corporations charged with the duty of the management or operation of the business of a common carrier by railroad; but shall not include persons, firms or corporations owning or operating railroads when such railroads are primarily […]

§ 8.01-62. Action may embrace liability under both State and federal acts

The motion for judgment or other pleading in any such action may embrace a cause of action growing out of any statute of the United States or this Commonwealth for such injury or death, without being demurrable on this account, and without the plaintiff being required to elect under which statute he claims. Sections 8.01-57 […]