Section 6.7 of the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELL) outlines the reduction of damages available to a plaintiff in an action alleging negligence by an employer. This section (45 U.S.C. Sec. 53) states that if the employee is found to be negligent in any way that contributed to the injury, the jury shall reduce the recovery for damages in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the employee. This means that if the employee is found to be partially responsible for the injury, the amount of damages awarded to the employee will be reduced accordingly. There are two types of 6.7 FELA-Plaintiff’s Negligence-Reduction of Damages (45 U.S.C. Sec. 53). The first type is “comparative negligence”, in which the jury assigns a percentage of fault to each party and then reduces the damages accordingly. The second type is “contributory negligence”, in which the jury determines that the employee was negligent and that the negligence contributed to the injury, but the amount of damages awarded to the employee is not reduced.