46 U.S.C. § 30301
Short title
This chapter may be cited as the “Death on the High Seas Act”.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 58
cases (22 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: Atl. Sounding Co. v. Townsend, 557 U.S. 404 (2009).
Atl. Sounding Co. v. Townsend, 557 U.S. 404 (2009). “In Miles, peti tioners argue, the Court limited recovery in maritime cases involving death or personal injury to the remedies available under the Jones Act and the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U. S. C. §§30301–30306.6 Petition ers’ reading of Miles is far too broad.”
Loya v. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., 583 F.3d 656 (9th Cir. 2009). “In particular, it poses the question whether a claim implicating the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C. § 30301 et seq., is subject to dismissal on the basis of forum non conveniens.”
Kennedy v. Carnival Corp., 385 F. Supp. 3d 1302 (S.D. Fla. 2019). “See 46 U.S.C. § 30301 . Recovery under DOHSA, if it applies, is expressly limited to pecuniary losses; claims for non-pecuniary losses are barred.”
Dutra Grp. v. Batterton, 139 S. Ct. 2275 (2019). “Second, the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C. § 30301 et seq. , provided a right of action for the survivor of anyone killed "by wrongful act, neglect, or default .”
Esther Yang v. Dongwon Indus. Co., 876 F.3d 996 (9th Cir. 2017). “§ 30304 ; (2) a wrongful death action under general maritime law; (3) a wrongful death action under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 30301 et seq.; (“DOHSA”); and (4) a wrongful death action under the Jones Act.”
Douglass v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki, 46 F.4th 226 (5th Cir. 2022). “Personal representatives of the seven sailors killed sued NYK in federal court, asserting wrongful death and survival claims under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 30301 et seq. The injured sailors and their family members sued NYK separately, asserting negligence and…”
Clodfelter v. Repub. of Sudan, 720 F.3d 199 (4th Cir. 2013). “3 The plaintiffs therefore asserted wrongful death claims under the DOHSA, 46 U.S.C. §§ 30301 et seq., and state law claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and maritime wrongful death.”
Korman v. Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd., 243 Cal. Rptr. 3d 668 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2019). “) The passage contract here contained a choice-of-law provision, which stated: "You acknowledge and agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the resolution of any and all disputes between Carrier and any Guest shall be governed exclusively and in every respect…”
In Re ENSCO Offshore Int'l Co., 311 S.W.3d 921 (Tex. 2010). “See 46 U.S.C. § 30301 . But Merema does not explain why Texas law would apply.”
Patricia LaCourse v. Def. Support Servs. LLC, 980 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2020). “NEWSOM, Circuit Judge: This appeal requires us to decide whether and to what extent the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 30301–08, applies to Patricia LaCourse’s wrongful-death action, in which she alleges that PAE Worldwide Incorporated failed to properly service and…”
Broberg v. Carnival Corp., 303 F. Supp. 3d 1313 (S.D. Fla. 2017). “BACKGROUND Plaintiff, in his individual capacity and as Administrator of the Estate of his deceased wife, brought this maritime wrongful death action against Defendant alleging negligence under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 30301 - 30308 and intentional infliction…”
Wu Tien Li-Shou v. United States, 777 F.3d 175 (4th Cir. 2015). “, and the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C. § 30301 et seq. The district court granted the government’s Rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss, reasoning that the coin-plaint presented a nonjusticiable political question.”
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