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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 51. Liability of common carriers by railroad, in interstate or foreign commerce, for injuries to employees from negligence; employee defined
Every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce
between any of the several States or Territories, or between any of
the States and Territories, or between the District of Columbia and
any of the States or Territories, or between the District of
Columbia or any of the States or Territories and any foreign nation
or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering
injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or,
in case of the death of such employee, 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, for such injury or death resulting in whole or
in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or
employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or
insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines,
appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or
other equipment.
Any employee of a carrier, any part of whose duties as such
employee shall be the furtherance of interstate or foreign
commerce; or shall, in any way directly or closely and
substantially, affect such commerce as above set forth shall, for
the purposes of this chapter, be considered as being employed by
such carrier in such commerce and shall be considered as entitled
to the benefits of this chapter.
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