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

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

Every common carrier by railroad engaged in intrastate commerce shall beliable in damages to any of its employees suffering injury while employed bysuch carrier or, in the case of the death of any such employee, to hispersonal representative, for such injury or death, resulting in whole or inpart from the wrongful act or neglect of any of its officers, agents,servants, or employees, or by reason of any defect, or insufficiency due toits neglect in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed,works, boats, wharves or other equipment, except when such employee isinjured while engaged in interstate commerce, and except when such employeeis injured in the course of his regular employment and such regularemployment does not expose such employee to the hazards incident to themaintenance, use and operation of such railroad. If the action be for thedeath of an employee, §§ 8.01-50 through 8.01-56 shall apply thereto.

(Code 1950, § 8-641; 1954, c. 614; 1977, c. 617.)