39-2-703. Liability of railway corporation for negligence of fellow servants. (1) Every person or corporation operating a railway or railroad in this state is liable for all damages sustained by any employee of such person or corporation in consequence of the neglect of any other employee thereof or by the mismanagement of any other employee thereof and in consequence of the willful wrongs, whether of commission or omission, of any other employee thereof when such neglect, mismanagement, or wrongs are in any manner connected with the use and operation of any railway or railroad on or about which he is employed. No contract which restricts such liability is legal or binding.
     (2) In case of the death of any such employee in consequence of any injury or damage so sustained, the right of action provided by subsection (1) shall survive and may be prosecuted and maintained by his heirs or personal representatives.
     (3) Every railway corporation doing business in this state, including electric railway corporations, is liable for damages sustained by an employee thereof within this state, subject to the provisions of 27-1-702, when such damages are caused by the negligence of any train dispatcher, telegraph operator, superintendent, master mechanic, yardmaster, conductor, engineer, motorman, or any other employee who has superintendence of any stationary or hand signal.
     (4) No contract of insurance, relief, benefit, or indemnity in case of injury or death or any other contract entered into, either before or after the injury, between the person injured and any of the employers named in subsection (3) is a bar or defense to any cause of action brought under the provisions of this section, except as otherwise provided in the Workers' Compensation Act.

     History: (1), (2)En. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 1, L. 1905; re-en. Secs. 5251, 5252, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Secs. 7766, 7767, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Secs. 7766, 7767, R.C.M. 1935; Secs. 41-111, 41-112, R.C.M. 1947; (3), (4)En. Secs. 1, 3, Ch. 83, L. 1903; re-en. Secs. 5245, 5247, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Secs. 7760, 7762, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Secs. 7760, 7762, R.C.M. 1935; Secs. 41-105, 41-107, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M 1947, 41-105, 41-107, 41-111, 41-112; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 397, L. 1979.