If a railroad company or a mine company makes a worker sign a contract saying the company won't be responsible if the worker gets hurt or killed on the job, that contract means nothing. Those kinds of agreements are completely invalid under Missouri law.
537.210. Contracts limiting . — No contracts made between any , or between any person, company or operating a mine or mines and their s or s, based upon the contingency of the injury or death to any such , limiting the liability of the employer for any under the of this and sections 537.180 to 537.200 shall be valid or , but all such contracts or agreements shall be .
(RSMo 1939 §§ 3668, 3675, A. 1949 H.B. 2135)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 3278, 3285; 1919 §§ 4229, 4236; 1909 §§ 5437, 5443
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