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[CITE: 45USC53]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
             CHAPTER 2--LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 53. Contributory negligence; diminution of damages

    In all actions on and after April 22, 1908 brought against any such 
common carrier by railroad under or by virtue of any of the provisions 
of this chapter to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, 
or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the 
employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a 
recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion 
to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee: Provided, 
That no such employee who may be injured or killed shall be held to have 
been guilty of contributory negligence 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, Sec. 3, 35 Stat. 66.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 54a of this title.
