---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 U.S.C. § 58"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
number: "58"
heading: "Duty or liability of common carriers and rights of employees under other acts not impaired"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/58"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — Liability for Injuries to Employees"
---

# §58. Duty or liability of common carriers and rights of employees under other acts not impaired


Nothing in this chapter shall be held to limit the duty or liability of [common carriers](/usc/45/57.md) or to impair the rights of their employees under any other Act or Acts of Congress.


## Source credit

(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, § 8, 35 Stat. 66.)