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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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25-5-56
Section 25-5-56 Settlements between parties. The interested parties may settle all matters
of benefits, whether involving compensation, medical payments, or rehabilitation, and all
questions arising under this article and Article 4 of this chapter between themselves, and
every settlement shall be in an amount the same as the amounts or benefits stipulated in this
article. No settlement for an amount less than the amounts or benefits stipulated in this
article shall be valid for any purpose, unless a judge of the court where the claim for compensation
under this chapter is entitled to be made, or upon the written consent of the parties, a judge
of the court determines that it is for the best interest of the employee or the employee's
dependent to accept a lesser sum and approves the settlement. The court shall not approve
any settlement unless and until it has first made inquiry into the bona fides of a claimant's
claim and the liability of the defendant; and if deemed advisable, the...
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25-5-290
Section 25-5-290 Ombudsman program, creation; purpose; members; notification of service; benefit
review conferences. (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall establish an Ombudsman
Program to assist injured or disabled employees, persons claiming death benefits, employers,
and other persons in protecting their rights and obtaining information available under the
Workers' Compensation Law. (b) Providing that the employer and the employee agree to participate
in the benefit review conference, the ombudsmen shall meet with or otherwise provide information
to injured or disabled employees, investigate complaints, and communicate with employers,
insurance carriers, and health care providers on behalf of injured or disabled employees.
(c) Ombudsmen shall be Merit System employees and demonstrate familiarity with the Workers'
Compensation Law. An ombudsman shall not be an advocate for any person who shall assist a
claimant, employer, or other person in any proceeding beyond the...
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27-42-8
Section 27-42-8 Powers and duties. (a) The association shall: (1)a. Be obligated to pay covered
claims existing prior to the order of liquidation arising within 30 days after the order of
liquidation, or before the policy expiration date if less than 30 days after the order of
liquidation, or before the insured replaces the policy or causes its cancellation, if he or
she does so within 30 days of the order of liquidation. The obligation shall be satisfied
by paying to the claimant an amount as follows: 1. The full amount of a covered claim for
benefits under workers' compensation insurance coverage. 2. An amount not exceeding ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) per policy for a covered claim for the return of unearned premium. 3. An
amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) or the policy limits, whichever
is less, per claim for all covered claims. For purposes of this limitation, all claims of
any kind whatsoever arising out of, or related to, bodily injury or death to...
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28-3-192
Section 28-3-192 Unlawful acts and offenses; penalties. (a) It shall be unlawful: (1) For any
licensee to sell, give away or otherwise dispose of beer taxable under this article within
this state on which the taxes required by this article have not been paid within 10 days after
the date upon which they were due. (2) For any wholesale beer licensee to fail to keep for
a period of at least three years, complete and truthful records covering the operation of
his license and particularly showing all purchases and sales of beer and the name and address
of the vendor or vendee, or to refuse the governing authority of any county or municipality
in which beer sales are made or any authorized employee or agent of the county or municipality,
access to such records or the opportunity to make inspection, examination, audit or copies
of the same when the request is made at any time during which the licensed premises are open
for the transaction of business. (3) For any wholesale beer licensee to...
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13A-12-70
Section 13A-12-70 Transportation by certain persons; seizure of vehicles used. Any transportation
or conveyance within this state of any slip, ticket, card, paper, writing, article, thing
or other device or paraphernalia which is customarily or usually used in the operation of
a form or type of lottery commonly known as a numbers (or number) game or policy game (herein
called "lottery paraphernalia") or any possession thereof in any vehicle of transportation
by any person who is or has been within three years next preceding actually engaged in or
connected with the setting up, conducting or operation of any such game, or who is or has
been within three years next preceding an employee of a person or persons who are or have
been engaged in setting up, conducting or operating of any such game is hereby declared to
be a misdemeanor; and all conveyances or vehicles of transportation which have been within
three years next preceding or are used by such persons for the conveying or...
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7-2A-506
Section 7-2A-506 Statute of limitations. (1) An action for default under a lease contract,
including breach of warranty or indemnity, must be commenced within 4 years after the cause
of action accrued. By the original lease contract the parties may reduce the period of limitation
to not less than one year. (2) A cause of action for default accrues when the act or omission
on which the default or breach of warranty is based is or should have been discovered by the
aggrieved party, or when the default occurs, whichever is later. A cause of action for indemnity
accrues (a) in the case of an indemnity against liability, when the act or omission on which
the claim for indemnity is based is or should have been discovered by the indemnified party,
or when the default occurs, whichever is later, (b) in the case of an indemnity against loss
or damage, when the person indemnified makes payment thereof. A cause of action for damages
for injury to the person in the case of consumer goods accrues...
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35-12-72
Section 35-12-72 Presumption of abandonment. (a) Property is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed
by the apparent owner during the time set forth below for the particular property: (1) Traveler's
checks, 15 years after issuance. (2) Money order, five years after issuance. (3) A demand,
savings, or time deposit including a deposit that is automatically renewable, three years
after the earlier of maturity, as extended from time to time, or the date of the last indication
by the apparent owner of interest in the property. (4) Tangible and intangible property held
in a safe deposit box or other safekeeping depository in this state in the ordinary course
of the holder's business and proceeds resulting from the sale of the property permitted by
other law, three years after expiration of the lease or rental period on the box or other
depository. (5) Money or credits owed to a customer as a result of a retail business transaction,
one year after the obligation accrued. (6) Property in an...
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36-27-11
Section 36-27-11 Determination of prior creditable service; computation of creditable service
at retirement; procedure for restoration of creditable service to certain persons; payment
of makeup contributions by certain persons. (a) Under such rules and regulations as the Board
of Control shall adopt, each member who was an employee prior to October 1, 1945, and who
has made up contributions for time served as a nonmember and who becomes a member prior to
September 1, 1966, shall file a detailed statement of all service as an employee rendered
by him prior to October 1, 1945, for which he claims credit. (b) The Board of Control shall
fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations how much service in any year is equivalent
to one year of service, but in no case shall it allow any credit for a period of absence without
pay of more than one month's duration, nor shall more than one year of service be creditable
for all service in one calendar year. (c) Subject to the restrictions...
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45-49A-81.12
Section 45-49A-81.12 Benefits for widows and orphans. (a) In the event of the death of a married
employee and if at the time of such death the employee (1) is in the active employment of
the city, or (2) is receiving a pension either for disability or for longevity from the city
a pension shall be paid to his or her spouse. (b) The annual amount of such spouse's pension,
which shall be payable monthly, shall be equal to one-half of the amount of pension which
the deceased employee, if on a disability pension, was receiving or entitled to receive at
the time of his or her death; or one-half of the amount which the deceased employee, if actively
employed, would have been entitled to as a pension upon attaining age 55, or immediately if
he or she is then age 55 or older as the case may be, if he or she had retired instead of
dying on the day of his or her death. In no event, however, will the amount of such spouse's
pension be less than 10 percent of the annual compensation of the...
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