Employer to indemnify for his own negligence

An employer shall in all cases indemnify an employee for losses caused by the employer's want of ordinary care. Source: CivC 1877, § 1131; CL 1887, § 3754; RCivC 1903, § 1450; RC 1919, § 1074; SDC 1939, § 17.0203; SL 2008, ch 276 , § 8.