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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 55. Contract, rule, regulation, or device exempting from liability; set-off
Any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the purpose
or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt
itself from any liability created by this chapter, shall to that
extent be void: Provided, That in any action brought against any
such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of
this chapter, such common carrier may set off therein any sum it
has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief benefit, or
indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee or the
person entitled thereto on account of the injury or death for which
said action was brought.
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