Title 45, RailroadsRelease 119-102
§59 Survival of Right of Action of Person Injured
Title 45 › CHAPTER 2 — LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES › § 59
Summary
A worker’s injury claim goes to their rep for the benefit of a surviving spouse and children, or parents, or dependent kin; only one recovery.
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Title 45, §59
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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.
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45 U.S.C. § 59
Title 45, Railroads
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102