Indiana Code 22-3-7-38. Application of law
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 22-3-7-38
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- disablement: means the event of becoming disabled from earning full wages at the work in which the employee was engaged when last exposed to the hazards of the occupational disease by the employer from whom the employee claims compensation or equal wages in other suitable employment, and "disability" means the state of being so incapacitated. See Indiana Code 22-3-7-9
- employer: includes the state and any political subdivision, any municipal corporation within the state, any individual or the legal representative of a deceased individual, firm, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation or the receiver or trustee of the same, using the services of another for pay. See Indiana Code 22-3-7-9
Sec. 38. Acts 1937, c.69, s.31 does not extinguish or in any way affect any right of action existing on June 7, 1937, and no employer shall be liable for compensation or damages under the provisions of this chapter in any case in which the disablement on which claim is predicated shall have occurred prior to June 7, 1937; but nothing contained in this section shall affect any case in which exposure as defined in this chapter shall have taken place after June 7, 1937.
Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.32. As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.75.