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46 U.S.C. § 30302 — Cause of action

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46 U.S.C. § 30302 — Cause of action

When the death of an individual is caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas beyond 3 nautical miles from the shore of the United States, the personal representative of the decedent may bring a civil action in admiralty against the person or vessel responsible. The action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the decedent’s spouse, parent, child, or dependent relative.

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28 U.S.C. § 1333 — Admiralty, maritime and prize cases

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of: (1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all other remedies to which they are otherwise entitled. (2) Any prize brought into the United States and all proceedings for the condemnation of property taken as prize.

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46 U.S.C. § 30305 — Death of plaintiff in pending action

If a civil action in admiralty is pending in a court of the United States to recover for personal injury caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default described in [section 30302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section30302&num=0&edition=prelim), and the individual dies during the action as a result of the wrongful act, neglect, or default, the personal representative of the decedent may be substituted as the plaintiff and the action may proceed under this chapter for the recovery authorized by this chapter.

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46 U.S.C. § 30302 — Cause of action

Page 256 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 30301 CHAPTER 303—DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS Sec. 30301. Short title. 30302. Cause of action. 30303. Amount and apportionment of recovery. 30304. Contributory negligence. 30305. Death of plaintiff in pending action. 30306. Foreign cause of action. 30307. Commercial aviation accidents. 30308. Nonapplication. § 30301. Short title This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Death on the High Seas Act’’. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1511.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 30301 .......... 46 App.:761 note. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Act Mar. 30, 1920, ch. 111, 41 Stat. 537, which enacted chapter 21 (§ 761 et seq.) of the former Appendix to this title, was popularly known as the ‘‘Death on the High Seas Act’’, prior to being repealed and restated in this chapter by Pub. L. 109–304, §§ 6(c), 19, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1509, 1710. § 30302. Cause of action When the death of an individual is caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas beyond 3 nautical miles from the shore of the United States, the personal rep- resentative of the decedent may bring a civil ac- tion in admiralty against the person or vessel responsible. The action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the decedent’s spouse, parent, child, or dependent relative. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1511.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 30302 .......... 46 App.:761(a). Mar. 30, 1920, ch. 111, § 1(a), 41 Stat. 537; Pub. L. 106–181, title IV, § 404(a)(1), Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 131. The words ‘‘Subject to subsection (b) of this section’’ ar

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