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2016 SESSION
SB 474 Workers' compensation; recovering damages from other party.
Introduced by: Frank W. Wagner | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Workers' compensation; recovering damages from other party. Expands the type of persons against whom an injured employee may bring a cause of action to recover damages for injury, occupational disease, or death to include statutory coemployees. The measure provides that a determination of whether a person is a stranger to the employer's work shall be made without regard to whether the person was performing work that is part of the trade, business, or occupation of the injured employee's employer. The measure affirms that an "other party" shall not include the injured employee's employer or a fellow employee.
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HISTORY
- 01/12/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102184D
- 01/12/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/18/16 Senate: Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)