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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 614; in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59551,"section_number":"65.2-101","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-101\/"},{"id":54081,"section_number":"8.01-374.1","catch_line":"Consolidation or bifurcation of issues or claims in certain cases; appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-374.1\/"},{"id":78943,"section_number":"8.01-59","catch_line":"Assumption of risk; violation of safety appliance acts","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-59\/"},{"id":67845,"section_number":"8.01-60","catch_line":"Contracts exempting from liability void; set-off of insurance","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-60\/"},{"id":75326,"section_number":"8.01-61","catch_line":"Definition of \"common carrier\" as used in article","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-61\/"},{"id":86257,"section_number":"8.01-62","catch_line":"Action may embrace liability under both State and federal acts","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-62\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":78150,"section_number":"8.01-50","catch_line":"Action for death by wrongful act; how and when to be brought","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-50\/"},{"id":75330,"section_number":"8.01-56","catch_line":"When right of action not to determine nor action to abate","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-56\/"}],"permalink":{"id":280899,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84842,"identifier":"8.01-57","token":"8.01\/3\/6\/8.01-57","url":"\/8.01-57\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-57\/","token":"8.01\/3\/6\/8.01-57","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability of railroads for injury to certain employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-57","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every common carrier by railroad engaged in intrastate commerce shall be liable in damages<\/span> to any of its employees suffering injury while employed by such carrier or, in the case of the death of any such employee, to his personal representative, for such injury or death, resulting in whole or in part from the wrongful act or neglect of any of its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or by reason of any defect, or insufficiency due to its neglect in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves or other equipment, except when such employee is injured while engaged in interstate commerce, and except when such employee is injured in the course of his regular employment and such regular employment does not expose such employee to the hazards incident to the maintenance, use and operation of such railroad. If the action<\/span> be for the death of an employee, \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-50<\/a> through 8.01-56<\/a> shall apply thereto.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY OF RAILROADS FOR INJURY TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 8.01-57)\n\nEvery common carrier by railroad engaged in intrastate commerce shall be liable\nin damages to any of its employees suffering injury while employed by such\ncarrier or, in the case of the death of any such employee, to his personal\nrepresentative, for such injury or death, resulting in whole or in part from the\nwrongful act or neglect of any of its officers, agents, servants, or employees,\nor by reason of any defect, or insufficiency due to its neglect in its cars,\nengines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves or other\nequipment, except when such employee is injured while engaged in interstate\ncommerce, and except when such employee is injured in the course of his regular\nemployment and such regular employment does not expose such employee to the\nhazards incident to the maintenance, use and operation of such railroad. If the\naction be for the death of an employee, \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-50 through 8.01-56 shall apply\nthereto.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-641; 1954, c. 614; 1977, c. 617.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}