No employee of any railroad company shall be deprived of his right to recover damages for personal injury by reason of the fact that at the time of such injury he was making a run of more than 13 hours, or making a run aggregating more than 13 hours in 24 hours, or had gone on duty after a 13 hour run, or runs aggregating 13 hours, before ten hours’ rest.
History. Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 186, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2240; Civil Code 1910, § 2693; Code 1933, § 66-410; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 34/HB 323.
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted “, as prohibited by Code Section 46-8-152” following “rest” at the end of this Code section.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 7 - Employment Generally; Employer’s Liability
Article 3 - Employer’s Liability for Injuries to Railroad Employees
§ 34-7-40. “Common Carrier” Defined
§ 34-7-42. Contributory Negligence of Employee
§ 34-7-43. Assumption of Risk Where Employer Is Contributorily Negligent
§ 34-7-44. Employer Exemptions From Liability Void; Allowable Setoffs
§ 34-7-46. Limitation Period for Institution of Action
§ 34-7-48. Recovery by Employee Working Beyond Limited Hours of Service