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[CITE: 45USC56]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
             CHAPTER 2--LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 56. Actions; limitation; concurrent jurisdiction of courts

    No action shall be maintained under this chapter unless commenced 
within three years from the day the cause of action accrued.
    Under this chapter an action may be brought in a district court of 
the United States, in the district of the residence of the defendant, or 
in which the cause of action arose, or in which the defendant shall be 
doing business at the time of commencing such action. The jurisdiction 
of the courts of the United States under this chapter shall be 
concurrent with that of the courts of the several States.

(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, Sec. 6, 35 Stat. 66; Apr. 5, 1910, ch. 143, 
Sec. 1, 36 Stat. 291; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 291, 36 Stat. 1167; 
Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 685, Sec. 2, 53 Stat. 1404; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 
Sec. 18, 62 Stat. 989.)

                          Codification

    The first par. of this section is from act Apr. 22, 1908.
    The second par. of this section is from act Apr. 5, 1910.


                               Amendments

    1948--Act June 25, 1948, struck out provision in last sentence 
relating to removal of actions.
    1939--Act Aug. 11, 1939, changed limitation in first sentence from 
two to three years.

                         Change of Name

    ``District court'' substituted in text for ``circuit court'' to 
conform to act Mar. 3, 1911, which transferred powers and duties of 
circuit courts to district courts.


                    Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

    Section 38 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the amendment made by 
that act is effective Sept. 1, 1948.