North Dakota Code 65-06.2-08 – No liability for damages – Inmates are not employees
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The state and its employees and the department of corrections and rehabilitation and its divisions, departments, and employees may not be held liable for damages at common law or by statute if an inmate covered under a program of modified workers’ compensation coverage under this chapter sustains a compensable injury while working in a prison industries work program through roughrider industries. An inmate covered under a program of modified workers’ compensation coverage under this chapter is not an employee of the state or the department of corrections and rehabilitation and its divisions and departments, except for the purpose of modified workers’ compensation coverage under this chapter.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 65-06.2-08
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.