 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1953 - 912 pages
...solicitation of such agreements would run afoul of § 5 of the Federal Employers' Liability Act. "Any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever,...to exempt itself from any liability created by this chapter, shall to that extent be void . . . ." 45 USC § 55. 367 DOUGLAS, J., dissenting. private arrangements... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1953 - 890 pages
...solicitation of such agreements would run afoul of § 5 of the Federal Employers' Liability Act. "Any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever,...to exempt itself from any liability created by this chapter, shall to that extent be void . . . ." 45 USC § 55. 367 DOUGLAS, J., dissenting. private arrangements... | |
 | Oklahoma. Supreme Court, Edward Bell Green, Frank Dale, John Henry Burford, Robert Lee Williams, Matthew John Kane, Howard J. Parker, Charles Winfield Van Eaton - Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 738 pages
...the injury or death of such employe." And section 4 provides: "That in any action brought against any common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this act to recover damages for injuries to, or the death of, any of its employes, such employe shall not... | |
 | Wisconsin - Bills, Private - 1953 - 666 pages
...contributed to the injury or death of such employe. Provided, further, that in any action brought against any common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this * * section to recover damages for injuries to, or death of, any of its employes such employe shall... | |
 | Virginia. Department of Labor and Industry - Industries - 1916 - 156 pages
...enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the injury, or death of such employee. 4. That any Contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever,...under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this act, euch common carrier may set off therein any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 1432 pages
...machinery, track, roadbed," etc.; and in § 5 it declares that any contract whereby a common carrier exempts itself from "any liability created by this act" shall, to that extent, he void. In his declaration in the state court Taylor did not claim that he was in the employ of the... | |
 | Labor unions - 1912 - 1232 pages
...contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, hereafter made or entered into, the purpose or effect of which shall be to enable any common carrier to...created by this Act, shall to that extent be void. SEC. 20. That for all the purposes of this Act the monthly wages of an employee shall be twenty -six... | |
 | 1925 - 1644 pages
...enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the injury or death .of such employee. Sec. 5. Any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever,...under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this act, such common carrier may set off therein any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 1638 pages
...interstate commerce. The Federal act provides that any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoe\*er, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable...carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by the act, shall to that extent be void, provided that in any ;.ction brought against any such common... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor - 1960 - 556 pages
...death of such employee. § 54. Assumption of risks of employment. 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... | |
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That 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 Act, shall to that extent be void... 
