45 U.S.C. § 59 : US Code - Section 59: Survival of right of action of person injured

Search 45 U.S.C. § 59 : US Code - 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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