Virginia Code 56-119: Contracts, etc., limiting liability invalid.
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No contract, receipt, rule, or regulation shall exempt any transportation company from the liability of a common carrier which would exist had no contract been made or entered into and no such contract, receipt, rule, or regulation for exemption from liability for injury or loss occasioned by the neglect or misconduct of such transportation company as a common carrier shall be valid. The liability referred to in this section shall mean the liability imposed by law upon a common carrier for any loss, damage, or injury to freight or passengers in its custody and care as a common carrier.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 56-119
- company: includes all corporations created by acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, or under the general incorporation laws of this Commonwealth, or doing business therein, and shall exclude all municipal corporations, other political subdivisions, and public institutions owned or controlled by the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 56-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- regulation: include joint rates, joint charges and joint regulations, respectively. See Virginia Code 56-1
- Transportation company: includes any railroad company, any company transporting express by railroad, and any ship or boat company. See Virginia Code 56-1
Code 1919, §§ 3926, 3930; 1979, c. 477.