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25-5-11
Section 25-5-11 Actions against third parties jointly liable with employers for injuries or
death; actions for injury or death resulting from willful conduct; attorney's fees in settlements
with third parties. (a) If the injury or death for which compensation is payable under Articles
3 or 4 of this chapter was caused under circumstances also creating a legal liability for
damages on the part of any party other than the employer, whether or not the party is subject
to this chapter, the employee, or his or her dependents in case of death, may proceed against
the employer to recover compensation under this chapter or may agree with the employer upon
the compensation payable under this chapter, and at the same time, may bring an action against
the other party to recover damages for the injury or death, and the amount of the damages
shall be ascertained and determined without regard to this chapter. If a party, other than
the employer, is a workers' compensation insurance carrier of the...
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25-5-50
Section 25-5-50 Applicability; exemptions; coverage for school boards, volunteer fire departments,
and rescue squads; sports officials. (a) This article and Article 2 of this chapter shall
not be construed or held to apply to an employer of a domestic employee; an employer of a
farm laborer; an employer of a person whose employment at the time of the injury is casual
and not in the usual course of the trade, business, profession, or occupation of the employer;
an employer who regularly employs less than five employees in any one business, other than
the business of constructing or assisting on-site in the construction of new single-family,
detached residential dwellings; or a municipality having a population of less than 2,000 according
to the most recent federal decennial census. An employer who regularly employs less than five
employees in any one business; a farm-labor employer; an employer of a domestic employee;
or a municipality having a population of less than 2,000 according to...
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32-7-22
Section 32-7-22 Motor vehicle liability policy defined; policy provisions. (a) A motor vehicle
liability policy, as the term is used in this chapter, means an owner's or an operator's policy
of liability insurance, certified as provided in Section 32-7-20 or Section 32-7-21 as proof
of financial responsibility, and issued, except as otherwise provided in Section 32-7-21,
by an insurance carrier duly authorized to transact business in this state, to or for the
benefit of the person named in the policy as insured. (b) The owner's policy of liability
insurance: (1) Shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor
vehicles to be insured; and (2) Shall insure the person named in the policy and any other
person, as insured, using any motor vehicle or motor vehicles designated in the policy with
the express or implied permission of the named insured, against loss from the liability imposed
by law for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of...
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27-44-8
Section 27-44-8 Powers and duties of association. (a) If a member insurer is an impaired insurer,
the association may, in its discretion and subject to any conditions imposed by the association
that do not impair the contractual obligations of the impaired insurer, and that are approved
by the commissioner: (1) Guarantee or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, or reinsured,
any or all of the covered policies of the impaired insurers. (2) Provide such moneys, pledges,
notes, guarantees, or other means as are proper to effectuate subdivision (1), and assure
payment of the contractual obligations of the impaired insurer pending action under subdivision
(1). (b) If a member insurer is an insolvent insurer, the association shall, in its discretion
and subject to the approval of the commissioner, do either of the following: (1)a. Guarantee,
assume, or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, or reinsured, the covered policies
of the insolvent insurer. b. Assure payment of the...
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31-13-3
Section 31-13-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ALIEN. Any person who is not a citizen or national of the United
States, as described in 8 U.S.C. ยง 1101, et seq., and any amendments thereto. (2) BUSINESS
ENTITY. Any person or group of persons employing one or more persons performing or engaging
in any activity, enterprise, profession, or occupation for gain, benefit, advantage, or livelihood,
whether for profit or not for profit. Business entity shall include, but not be limited to,
the following: a. Self-employed individuals, business entities filing articles of incorporation,
partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, foreign corporations, foreign
limited partnerships, foreign limited liability companies authorized to transact business
in this state, business trusts, and any business entity that registers with the Secretary
of State. b. Any business entity that possesses a business...
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27-20-1
Section 27-20-1 Group disability insurance - Eligible groups. Group disability insurance is
hereby declared to be that form of disability insurance covering groups of persons as defined
in this section, with or without one or more members of their families or one or more of their
dependents, or covering one or more members of the families or one or more dependents of such
groups of persons, and issued upon the following basis: (1) Under a policy issued to an employer
or trustees of a fund established by an employer, who shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring
employees of such employer for the benefit of persons other than the employer. The term "employees"
as used in this subdivision shall be deemed to include the officers, managers, and employees
of the employer, the individual proprietor or partner if the employer is an individual proprietor
or partnership, the officers, managers, and employees of subsidiary or affiliated corporations
and the individual proprietors, partners, and...
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35-12-71
Section 35-12-71 Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires,
the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) APPARENT OWNER. A person whose name appears on the records of a holder as the person entitled
to property held, issued, or owing by the holder. (2) BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. A corporation,
joint stock company, investment company, partnership, unincorporated association, joint venture,
limited liability company, business trust, trust company, safe deposit company, financial
organization, insurance company, mutual fund, utility, or other business entity consisting
of one or more persons, whether or not for profit. (3) DOMICILE. The state of incorporation
of a corporation and the state of the principal place of business of a holder other than a
corporation. (4) FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION. A savings and loan association, building and loan
association, industrial loan organization, credit union, cooperative bank,...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases as used
therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context
shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION. The money
benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and 4. The recovery
which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter is termed "recovery
of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34. "Compensation"
does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine, medical and surgical
supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account of an injury. (2) CHILD
or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children entitled by law
to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the family of the
deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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25-4-16
Section 25-4-16 Wages. (a) Prior to January 1, 1983, "wages," as used in this chapter,
shall mean such remuneration as was defined in this section prior to such date. (b) On and
after January 1, 1983, "wages," as used in this chapter, shall mean every form of
remuneration paid or received for personal services, including the cash value of any remuneration
paid in any medium other than cash. The reasonable cash value of remuneration paid in any
medium other than cash shall be determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the director;
except that effective on May 28, 1980, and for the purposes of reporting and computing the
amount of contributions due, back pay awarded as the result of an agreement, arbitration,
or order of a court of competent jurisdiction on a retroactive basis shall be considered "wages"
during the calendar quarter in which such retroactive payments are made. The term "wages,"
however, shall not include: (1) That part of remuneration, which after remuneration...
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11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary
to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession
by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its
own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of
a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation
and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease,
devise, or otherwise, and hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether
located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside the
authorizing county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other
instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose
for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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