                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTRACTS, ETC., LIMITING LIABILITY INVALID (§ 56-119)

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.

HISTORY: Code 1919, §§ 3926, 3930; 1979, c. 477.