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2017 Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 7 - Employment Generally; Employers Liability
Article 3 - Employer's Liability for Injuries to Railroad Employees
§ 34-7-43. Assumption of risk where employer is contributorily negligent
Universal Citation: GA Code § 34-7-43 (2017)
In any action brought against any common carrier by railroad, under and by virtue of any of the provisions of Code Sections 34-7-41 and 34-7-42, to recover damages for injuries to or the death of any of its employees, the employee shall not be held to have assumed the risks of his employment in any case where the violation by such common carrier of any statute enacted for the safety of the employees contributed to the injury or death of such employee.
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