When a person is killed on the “high seas” due to a wrongful act, federal law provides a remedy in the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. §30302. “High seas” is generally defined as beyond the territorial waters of any of the fifty states, that is, 12 miles or more...
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The Jones Act Plaintiff (For Lawyers)
The remedies available to an injured seaman are three: so-called Jones Act negligence, the common law tort of Unseaworthiness, and Maintenance and Cure, the recovering seaman’s ancient right to a stipend and medical care. Each has low hurdles to establishing...
Schooner Accidents
An injury aboard a commercial schooner is subject to the admiralty law of maritime personal injuries. That means whether the ship (or owner) is liable for the injury depends in large part on the status of the injured person. Was the injured person a paid crewmember,...