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New York Employers' Liability Law Section 6 - Defense; Insurance Fund.

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    § 6.  Defense; insurance fund. An employer who shall have contributed
  to an insurance fund created and maintained for the  mutual  purpose  of
  indemnifying  an  employee for personal injuries, for which compensation
  may be recovered under this article, or to any relief society or benefit
  fund created under the laws of this state, may prove  in  mitigation  of
  damages recoverable by an employee under this article such proportion of
  the pecuniary benefit which has been received by such employee from such
  fund  or society on account of such contribution of the employer, as the
  contribution of such employer to such fund or society bears to the whole
  contribution thereto.

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