Section 37-9-504 – Contracts Restricting Liability Void.
37-9-504. Contracts restricting liability void. Any contract, rule, or regulation or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any such person or corporation, so operating such railroad to exempt itself from any liability created by this act shall, to that extent, be void. Nor shall any contract of insurance, relief, […]
Section 37-9-505 – Two-Way Radios Required; Penalty.
37-9-505. Two-way radios required; penalty. (a) When a railroad train is operated in Wyoming with a caboose, it shall be equipped with operable, two-way radios located in the lead locomotive and in the caboose. The radios shall have and be operated at the same frequency as the control operator on the railroad on which the […]
Section 37-9-501 – Death or Injury Due to Negligence.
37-9-501. Death or injury due to negligence. Every person or corporation operating a railroad in the state shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by the person or corporation so operating any railroad, or, in case of the death of an employee, instantaneously, or otherwise, to his or […]
Section 37-9-502 – Contributory Negligence.
37-9-502. Contributory negligence. In all actions hereafter brought against any such person or corporation so operating such railroad, under and by virtue of any of the provisions of this act, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the […]
Section 37-9-503 – Assumption of Risk.
37-9-503. Assumption of risk. Any employee of any such person or corporation so operating such railroad shall not be deemed to have assumed any risk incident to his employment when such risk arises by reason of the negligence of his employer or of any person in the service of such employer.