Every captain, engineer, pilot, or other person employed on any steamboat or vessel, by whose misconduct, negligence, or inattention to his duties on such vessel the life of any person is destroyed, and every owner, charterer, inspector, or other public officer, through whose fraud, neglect, connivance, misconduct, or violation of law the life of any person is destroyed, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
When the owner or charterer of any steamboat or vessel is a corporation, any executive officer of such corporation, for the time being actually charged with the control and management of the operation, equipment, or navigation of such steamboat or vessel, who has knowingly and willfully caused or allowed such fraud, neglect, connivance, misconduct, or violation of law, by which the life of any person is destroyed, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
United States v. Robert Kaluza, 780 F.3d 647 (5th Cir. 2015).
· cites it 8× “Defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Louisiana on 23 counts, including 11 counts of seaman’s manslaughter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1115 . The district court granted Defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to charge an offense because…”
C.F. Bean L.L.C. v. Suzuki Motor Corp., 841 F.3d 365 (5th Cir. 2016).
· cites it 2× “Bean, LLC pled guilty to one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officers under 18 U.S.C. § 1115 in a criminal proceeding related to the Barhanovich accident.”
United States v. Pruett, 681 F.3d 232 (5th Cir. 2012).
· cites it 2× “2005), we addressed the proper interpretation of "negligence" in 18 U.S.C. § 1115 , which provides: "[e]very captain .”
United States v. Roseboro, 551 F.3d 226 (4th Cir. 2009).
· cites it 2× “§ 1365 (a) (which applies to individuals who recklessly tamper with consumer products); and 18 U.S.C. § 1115 (which applies to seamen whose inattention to duty causes serious accidents)).”
United States v. LaBrecque, 419 F. Supp. 430 (D.N.J. 1976).
· cites it 4× “Count I charges the defendant with causing the lives of Paul Sagarino and Bradford Blakely to be destroyed through misconduct, negligence, neglect and inattention to his duties in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1115 . Count II charges that as a result of a lack of due caution and…”
United States v. O'Keefe, 426 F.3d 274 (5th Cir. 2005).
· cites it 3× “STEWART, Circuit Judge: The defendant, Richard O’Keefe (“O’Keefe”), appeals from his jury conviction and sentence for “seaman’s manslaughter,” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1115 . On appeal, O’Keefe brings the following claims of error: the district court erred (1) by rejecting…”
United States v. The Allied Towing Corp., 602 F.2d 612 (4th Cir. 1979).
· cites it 6× “BUTZNER, Circuit Judge: Allied Towing Corporation appeals a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1115 , which provides criminal penalties against shipowners whose violation of the law causes the death of any person.”
In Re City of New York v. Agni, 522 F.3d 279 (2d Cir. 2008).
“On August 4, 2004, Smith pleaded guilty to eleven counts of seaman’s manslaughter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1115 , for negligently causing the deaths of passengers, and to one count of making false statements to the Coast Guard in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Egan Marine Corp., 843 F.3d 674 (7th Cir. 2016).
“) with violating 18 U.S.C. § 1115 , which penalizes maritime negligence that results in death, plus other statutes that penalize the negligent discharge of oil into navigable waters.”
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