45-U.S.C.-54
§54 – Assumption of Risks of Employment
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Title 45 > Chapter 2 > Section 54
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- Reference: Section 54
- Legend: §54 – Assumption of Risks of Employment
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
In any action brought against any common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this chapter to recover damages for injuries to, or the death of, any of its employees, such employee shall not be held to have assumed the risks of his employment in any case where such injury or death resulted in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier; and no employee shall be held to have assumed the risks of his employment in any case where the violation by such common carrier of any statute enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the injury or death of such employee.
(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, §4, 35 Stat. 66; Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 685, §1, 53 Stat. 1404.)
Amendments
1939—Act Aug. 11, 1939, inserted where such injury or death resulted in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier; and no employee shall be held to have assumed the risks of his employment in any case after of his employment in any case.
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