§ 28. — Penalties not to bar suits for damages.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC28]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 2--SUBMARINE CABLES
Sec. 28. Penalties not to bar suits for damages
The penalties provided in this chapter for the breaking or injury of
a submarine cable shall not be a bar to a suit for damages on account of
such breaking or injury.
(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, Sec. 8, 25 Stat. 42.)