2011 US Code
Title 45 - Railroads
Chapter 2 - LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES (§§ 51 - 60)
Section 55 - Contract, rule, regulation, or device exempting from liability; set-off
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 45 - RAILROADS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 45 - RAILROADS CHAPTER 2 - LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES Sec. 55 - Contract, rule, regulation, or device exempting from liability; set-off |
| Contains | section 55 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, §5, 35 Stat. 66. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 35 Stat. 66 |
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Any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by this chapter, shall to that extent be void: Provided, That in any action brought against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this chapter, such common carrier may set off therein any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee or the person entitled thereto on account of the injury or death for which said action was brought.
(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, §5, 35 Stat. 66.)
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