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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Transportation Code § 112.153: CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE.

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  1. TRANSPORTATION CODE
  2. TITLE 5. RAILROADS
  3. SUBTITLE C. RAILROADS GENERALLY
  4. CHAPTER 112. POWERS AND DUTIES OF RAILROADS
  5. SUBCHAPTER D. LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES

(a) In an action under Section 112.152, the employee's contributory negligence is not a bar to recovery but the fact finder shall reduce the employee's damages in proportion to the amount of contributory negligence attributable to the employee.

(b) An employee may not be found contributorily negligent in a case in which the railroad operator's violation of a statute enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the employee's injury or death.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:44Z. Source file · JSON

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