Arkansas Code Title 23, Subtitle 1, Chapter 12, Subchapter 9 - Liability for Injuries

• § 23-12-901 - Legislative Intent.
  It is the intent and purpose of this section and §§ 23-12-902 -- 23-12-910 and 23-12-912 to reenact those provisions of law relating to...
• § 23-12-902 - Liability for Injury to Persons or Property Generally.
  All railroads which are built and operated in whole or in part of this state shall be responsible for all damages to persons and...
• § 23-12-903 - Parties to Actions for Personal Injuries.
  When any adult person is wounded by railroad trains running in this state, he or she may sue in his or her own name....
• § 23-12-904 - Personal Injury, Property Damage, or Death -- Contributory Negligence No Complete Defense.
  In all suits against railroads for personal injury, property damage, or death caused by the running of trains in this state, contributory negligence shall...
• § 23-12-905 - Service of Process Upon Agent of Railroad Company.
  Service by process of summons issued by any court under the provisions of this section and §§ 23-12-901 -- 23-12-904, 23-12-910, and 23-12-912 shall...
• § 23-12-906 - Levy and Sale of Railroad Property Under Execution.
  The property of any railroad company may be levied on and sold under an execution issued on a judgment for damages under this section...
• § 23-12-907 - Duty of Persons Running Trains to Keep Lookout -- Contributory Negligence No Bar to Recovery of Damages.
  (a) (1) It shall be the duty of all persons running trains in this state upon any railroad to keep a constant lookout for...
• § 23-12-908 - Killing or Injuring Livestock -- Notice -- Damages Recoverable on Failure to Advertise.
  (a) (1) Whenever any stock, such as horses, cows, hogs, sheep, etc., are killed, wounded, or injured by railroad trains running in this state,...
• § 23-12-909 - Killing or Injuring Livestock -- Actions.
  Any person owning in his or her own right or having a special ownership in any horses, mules, cattle, or other stock killed or...
• § 23-12-910 - Killing or Injuring Livestock -- Prima Facie Evidence -- Burden of Proof.
  The killing of stock on any railroad track shall be prima facie evidence that it was done by the trains, and the onus to...
• § 23-12-911 - [Repealed.]
• § 23-12-912 - Killing or Injuring Livestock -- Arbitration.
  (a) (1) When any livestock are killed or wounded by any railroad train, the company or the party damaged may propose to the other...
• § 23-12-913 - Liability for Fires.
  (a) All corporations, companies, or persons engaged in operating any railroad wholly or partly in this state shall be liable for the destruction of,...

Last modified: November 15, 2016