Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 45 : Section 59


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 59. Survival of right of action of person injured

      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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