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2018 Georgia Code 34-7-47 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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TITLE 34 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Section 7. Employment Generally; Employer's Liability, 34-7-1 through 34-7-48.

ARTICLE 3 EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO RAILROAD EMPLOYEES

34-7-47. Liability of railroad company to its employees for negligence of employees of another railroad company using same track.

Where two or more chartered railroad companies whose lines terminate in the same city contract to use the same track within the corporate limits, the company owning the track shall not be responsible to its employees for injuries sustained solely by reason of the negligent use of the track by the employees of the other company.

(Civil Code 1895, § 1865; Civil Code 1910, § 2229; Code 1933, § 66-408.)

History of section.

- This Code section is derived from the decision in Georgia R.R. & Banking Co. v. Friddell, 79 Ga. 489, 7 S.E. 214 (1888).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Lovett v. Calloway, 69 F. Supp. 532 (N.D. Ga. 1946).

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