9-1-6
well-being of the state. In the absence of a reasonable measure of damages as specified in this section, confusion could result in the coal industry causing financial distress and unemployment, and may cause the abandonment and prevent the use of many coal mines. This state has a public interest in removing this hazard and precluding this confusion and distress without doing violence to private rights. (b) The measure of damages in any civil action for the unauthorized extraction, severance, injury or removal of coal from land, including but not limited to, action for trespass or conversion, when the extraction, severance, injury or removal is in good faith shall be the fair market value of the coal in place before severance as of the time of extraction, severance, injury or removal. The fair market value of the coal in place shall be calculated as the royalty rate prevailing at the time and place of severance. The measure of damages in all other civil actions for the unauthorized...
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11-92B-14
Section 11-92B-14 Liability for injuries. An authority shall not be liable for damages for injury done to any person or corporation, unless the injury was done due to the negligence or wantonness of an agent, officer, or employee of the authority while engaged in work for the authority and while acting in the line and scope of his or her duty, or unless the injury was done due to the neglect, carelessness, or failure to remedy a defect in the streets, alleys, drainage systems, or buildings of the authority after the authority had been given notice of the defect or after the defect had existed for such an unreasonable length of time as to raise a presumption of knowledge of the defect on the part of the authority. Whenever an authority shall be made liable for damages by reason of the unauthorized or wrongful acts or negligence or carelessness of any person or corporation, then the person or corporation shall be liable to an action on the same account by the party so injured. (Act...
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37-16-7
written document creating the electric easement or no express terms in the document, the electric provider shall provide notice to the owner of the real property subject to the electric easement by informing such owner of the installation of the broadband system within the electric easement prior to installation. Notice shall be sufficient if mailed to the name and address of the owner or owners listed in the real property ad valorem tax records for the county where the real property is located. Nothing in this section shall require the notice from the electric provider when the electric easement is acquired by condemnation or pursuant to an expansion of the electric easement by civil action commenced by the owner. (h) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to relieve the broadband operator, broadband service provider, or electric provider from liability for bodily injury or physical damage to real or personal property located adjacent to the electric easement. (Act 2019-326, §1.)...
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11-47-190
Section 11-47-190 When municipality liable; joint liability of other persons or corporations. No city or town shall be liable for damages for injury done to or wrong suffered by any person or corporation, unless such injury or wrong was done or suffered through the neglect, carelessness, or unskillfulness of some agent, officer, or employee of the municipality engaged in work therefor and while acting in the line of his or her duty, or unless the said injury or wrong was done or suffered through the neglect or carelessness or failure to remedy some defect in the streets, alleys, public ways, or buildings after the same had been called to the attention of the council or other governing body or after the same had existed for such an unreasonable length of time as to raise a presumption of knowledge of such defect on the part of the council or other governing body and whenever the city or town shall be made liable for damages by reason of the unauthorized or wrongful acts or negligence,...
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7-2-714
in regard to accepted goods. (1) Where the buyer has accepted goods and given notification (subsection (3) of Section 7-2-607) he may recover as damages for any nonconformity of tender the loss resulting in the ordinary course of events from the seller's breach as determined in any manner which is reasonable. (2) The measure of damages for breach of warranty is the difference at the time and place of acceptance between the value of the goods accepted and the value they would have had if they had been as warranted, unless special circumstances show proximate damages of a different amount, and nothing in this section shall be construed so as to limit the seller's liability for damages for injury to the person in the case of consumer goods. Damages in an action for injury to the person include those damages ordinarily allowable in such actions at law. (3) In a proper case any incidental and consequential damages under Section 7-2-715 may also be recovered. (Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811.)...
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25-5-11
the employee was entitled. For purposes of this amendatory act, the employer shall be entitled to subrogation for medical and vocational benefits expended by the employer on behalf of the employee; however, if a judgment in an action brought pursuant to this section is uncollectible in part, the employer's entitlement to subrogation for such medical and vocational benefits shall be in proportion to the ratio the amount of the judgment collected bears to the total amount of the judgment. (b) If personal injury or death to any employee results from the willful conduct, as defined in subsection (c) herein, of any officer, director, agent, or employee of the same employer or any workers' compensation insurance carrier of the employer or any person, firm, association, trust, fund, or corporation responsible for servicing any payment of workers' compensation claims for the employer, or any officer, director, agent, or employee of the carrier, person, firm, association, trust, fund, or...
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22-27-2
Section 22-27-2 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AGENCY. Any controlling agency, public or private, elected, appointed, or volunteer utilizing methods approved by the health department or the department for the purpose of controlling and supervising the collection or management of solid wastes or recyclable materials. (2) ALTERNATIVE COVER. Material other than earth used to cover a landfill or sanitary landfill. An alternative cover shall be approved by the Department of Environmental Management in compliance with federal law and United States Environmental Protection Agency rules or guidance to achieve a level of performance equal to or greater than earthen cover material. (3) ASHES. The solid residue from burning of wood, coal, coke, or other combustible material used for heating, from incineration of solid wastes, or for the production of electricity at electric generating...
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6-5-332.2
including a response action contractor as defined in Section 22-35-3, is not liable for removal costs or damages which result from actions taken or omitted to be taken in the course of rendering care, assistance, or advice consistent with the National Contingency Plan or as otherwise directed by the Federal On-Scene Coordinator or by any state official with responsibility for oil spill response. (2) Subdivision (1) of this subsection does not apply: a. to a responsible party; b. with respect to personal injury or wrongful death; c. if the person is grossly negligent or engages in wanton or willful misconduct: or d. If the person's act(s) or omission(s) proximately caused, in whole or in part, the original actual or threatening discharge; or any additional or further actual or threatening discharge. (3) A responsible party is liable for any removal costs and damages that another person is relieved of under subdivision (1). (4) Nothing in this section affects the liability of a...
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22-35-3
to disallow recovery to any person who interferes with prompt remediation of impacted soils and groundwater. Such term shall not include any person to whom property is sold, given, or abandoned after discovery of a release or in anticipation of damage due to a release. (17) THIRD-PARTY CLAIM. Any civil action brought or asserted by any third party against any owner or operator of any underground or aboveground storage tank who is in substantial compliance as stated in this chapter for bodily injury or property damage which damages are the direct result of an accidental release arising from the operation of motor fuel underground or aboveground storage tanks covered under this chapter. The assessment of punitive damages shall not constitute a third-party claim recoverable against the fund, nor shall punitive damages be assessed against the fund. (18) UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK. Any one or combination of tanks (including pipes connected thereto) used to contain an accumulation of motor...
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22-36-3
deprived of drinking water; e. Require any owner or operator of an underground storage tank which has released any regulated substance and who has knowledge that a release has occurred to make a timely report of the pollution or release and any resulting corrective action to the department. (3) The department, acting through the commission, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations requiring the owner or operator of an underground storage tank to maintain evidence of financial responsibility for taking corrective action, providing alternate or temporary drinking water, and compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damages resulting from groundwater pollution caused by the operation of an underground storage tank only when such a requirement is mandatory for delegation of authority to the department to manage a Federal Regulatory Program and only to the extent required for delegation of that Federal Regulatory Program. (Acts 1988, No. 88-537, p. 823, §3.)...
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