Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 34. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS · Chapter 7. EMPLOYMENT GENERALLY; EMPLOYERS LIABILITY · Article 3. EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO RAILROAD EMPLOYEES

34-7-45. Liability of receivers, trustees, and assignees of railroad companies for coemployees’ negligence; lien on railroad company income.

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(a)
The liability of receivers, trustees, assignees, and other like officers operating railroads in, or partially in, this state for injuries and damages to employees or their property which are caused by the negligence of coemployees shall be the same as that fixed in Code Section 34-7-41.#
(b)
A lien is created on the gross income of a railroad liable under Code Section 34-7-41 while in the control of any person or corporation described in subsection (a) of this Code section in favor of the injured employee superior to all other liens against the defendant under the laws of this state.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1895, p. 103, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2324; Ga. L. 1896, p. 63, § 1; Civil Code 1910, § 2788; Code 1933, § 66-407.

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