Michigan Laws 419.51 – Railroads; liability to employees or personal representative for negligence
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 419.51
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- railroad company: as used in this act , shall be taken to embrace any company, association, corporation, or person managing, maintaining, operating, or in possession of a common carrier railroad in whole or in part within this state, whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee or receiver. See Michigan Laws 419.53
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
Every common carrier railroad company in this state shall be liable to any of its employees, or, in case of his or her death, to his or her personal representative for the benefit of his or her spouse and children, if any; if none, then for his or her parents; if none, then for his or her next of kin, for all damages which may result from the negligence of the railroad company or from the negligence of any of its officers, agents, or employees, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency due to the negligence of the common carrier railroad company in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, road bed, works, boats, wharves, coal docks, or other equipment.