A blind person who is 18 or older can make a legal agreement with their employer to give up the right to sue for injuries caused by their blindness while on the job. That agreement is considered valid and enforceable.
537.170. of rights to by blind employee. — It shall hereafter be lawful for any blind person over the age of eighteen years to agree to and with his or her employer to his or her right to damages or for any personal injury arising out of or in the course of his or her for which injury such blindness was the direct or and any such agreement shall be valid and upon the .
(RSMo 1939 § 3669)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 3279; 1919 § 4230
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