Terms Used In Missouri Laws 537.170

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

It shall hereafter be lawful for any blind person over the age of eighteen years to agree to and with his or her employer to waive his or her right to damages or compensation for any personal injury arising out of or in the course of his or her employment for which injury such blindness was the direct or contributory cause and any such agreement shall be valid and binding upon the parties thereto.