North Dakota § 49-16-02 Railroad's liability for injury or death of employee

North Dakota Statutes

§ 49-16-02 — Railroad's liability for injury or death of employee

North Dakota § 49-16-02

Title 49Public Utilities

Ch. 49-16Liability of Railroads for Negligence

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N.D. Cent. Code § 49-16-02 (2026).

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Every railroad corporation, while engaged in commerce to which the regulative powers of
the state extend, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while that person is
employed by such railroad corporation in such commerce, or in case of the death of such
employee, to that employee's personal representative for the benefit of the surviving widow,
husband, or children of that employee, and if none, then for the next of kin dependent upon that
employee, if such injury or death results in whole or in part from the negligence of any officer,
agent, or employee of such railroad corporation, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency due
to its negligence in any of its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, or
other equipment.

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Every railroad corporation, while engaged in commerce to which the regulative powers of
the state extend, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while that person is
employed by such railroad corporation in such commerce, or in case of the death of such
employee, to that employee's personal representative for the benefit of the surviving widow,
husband, or children of that employee, and if none, then for the next of kin dependent upon that
employee, if such injury or death results in whole or in part from the negligence of any officer,
agent, or employee of such railroad corporation, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency due
to its negligence in any of its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, or
other equipment.