Indiana § 22-3-9-1 - Personal injuries or death; damages
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 22-3-9-1 — Personal injuries or death; damages, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-3-9-1. 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.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22-3-9-1 ("Personal injuries or death; damages") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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