Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-184
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Damages
Official statutory text
The fact that the employee, entering such steam boiler, firebox,
or smoke chamber, had knowledge of the unsafe condition of such
steam boiler and danger in so doing, and meeting with an accident,
shall not deprive him of a right of action against such employer for
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 260
damages, and should said accident result in the death of such
employee, then the wife, or next of kin, shall have a right of
action against such employer for any damages she, they, or the
estate of such deceased employee, may sustain by reason of the death
of such employee, which action may be commenced in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
or smoke chamber, had knowledge of the unsafe condition of such
steam boiler and danger in so doing, and meeting with an accident,
shall not deprive him of a right of action against such employer for
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 260
damages, and should said accident result in the death of such
employee, then the wife, or next of kin, shall have a right of
action against such employer for any damages she, they, or the
estate of such deceased employee, may sustain by reason of the death
of such employee, which action may be commenced in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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