2010 US Code
Title 45 - RAILROADS
CHAPTER 2 - LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES
Sec. 59 - Survival of right of action of person injured

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 45 - RAILROADS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 45 - RAILROADS
CHAPTER 2 - LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES
Sec. 59 - Survival of right of action of person injured
Containssection 59
Date2010
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 7, 2011
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditApr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, §9, as added Apr. 5, 1910, ch. 143, §2, 36 Stat. 291.
Statutes at Large Reference36 Stat. 291


§59. Survival of right of action of person injured

Any right of action given by this chapter to a person suffering injury shall survive to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee, and, if none, then of such employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee, but in such cases there shall be only one recovery for the same injury.

(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, §9, as added Apr. 5, 1910, ch. 143, §2, 36 Stat. 291.)

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