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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 52. Carriers in Territories or other possessions of United States
Every common carrier by railroad in the Territories, the District
of Columbia, the Panama Canal Zone, or other possessions of the
United States shall be liable in damages to any person suffering
injury while he is employed by such carrier in any of said
jurisdictions, 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.
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