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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| LegalText | 45 U.S.C. § 54 | Assumption of risks of employment | us | united_states_code | code_section | 45 | RAILROADS | 2 | LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO EMPLOYEES | 54 | 45 U.S.C. § 54 | current | 119-100 | 2026-06-26 | official | https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc45@119-100.zip | /us/usc/t45/s54 | data/legal/raw/us/code/title-45/usc45.xml | 840e53d72e6c3379ee8bf285c2a4d94a819739c8800b441fa4418af81a802c56 | 6ff04cb352e22f8a18f24c94e9adb8036909cf2a75f41489d768a5934fb9667c | 35b6e24625bb1fe30bc0d316ab42cd31cf60f47f9af55cc1869295737c248ecf | 2026-07-04 | official |
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45 U.S.C. § 54 - Assumption of risks of employment
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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.)
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Amendments1939—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”.