60-2-2. Losses for which employer not required to indemnify employee.
An employer, except as otherwise specially provided, is not bound to indemnify an employee for losses suffered by the employee in consequence of the ordinary risks of the business in which employed, nor in consequence of the negligence of another person employed by the same employer in the same general business, unless the employer has neglected to use ordinary care in the selection of the culpable employee.
Source: CivC 1877, §1130; CL 1887, §3753; RCivC 1903, §1449; RC 1919, §1073; SDC 1939, §17.0202; SL 2008, ch 276, §7.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 60 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 02 - Obligations Of Employer And Employee
Section 60-2-1 - Indemnification of employee by employer--Exceptions.
Section 60-2-2 - Losses for which employer not required to indemnify employee.
Section 60-2-3 - Employer to indemnify for his own negligence.
Section 60-2-4 - Service with ordinary care and diligence.
Section 60-2-5 - Duties of employee for his own benefit.
Section 60-2-6 - Contract for service limited to two years.
Section 60-2-7 - Obedience to employer required--Exceptions.
Section 60-2-8 - Duty of employee to conform to usage--Exception.
Section 60-2-9 - Degree of skill required of employee.
Section 60-2-10 - Products of employment belong to employer--Exception.
Section 60-2-11 - Duty of employee to account.
Section 60-2-12 - Employee not bound to deliver without demand.
Section 60-2-13 - Preference to employer's business.
Section 60-2-14 - Preference between employers according to urgency.
Section 60-2-15 - Responsibility of employee for substitute.
Section 60-2-16 - Responsibility to employer for misconduct.
Section 60-2-17 - Duty of surviving employee.
Section 60-2-18 - Day's labor defined.
Section 60-2-19 - Duty of employee to deliver things received.