Personal injuries or death; damages
Sec. 1. Any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation
while engaged in business, trade or commerce within this state, and
employing in such business, trade or commerce five (5) or more
persons shall be liable and respond in damages to any person
suffering injury while in the employ of such person, firm, limited
liability company, or corporation, or in case of the death of such
employee, then to his or her personal representative, for the benefit
of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee;
and if none, then to such employee's parents; and if none, then to the
next of kin dependent upon such employee, where such injury or
death resulted in whole or in part from the negligence of such
employer or his, its or their agents, servants, employees or officers,
or by reason of any defect, mismanagement or insufficiency, due to
his, its or their carelessness, negligence, fault or omission of duty.
(Formerly: Acts 1911, c.88, s.1.) As amended by P.L.8-1993,
SEC.285.
Last modified: May 27, 2006