Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill see H.R.5503 – Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act. Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 6/10/2010) Cosponsors (26). Latest Major Action: 7/1/2010. Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. House Reports: 111-521 Part 1
“Amends the Death on the High Seas Act to extend from 3 to 12 miles from the U.S. shore the high seas jurisdiction wherein a death by a wrongful act, neglect, or default of a person or vessel will allow the personal representative of the decedent to bring a civil action in admiralty (as under current law) or law. Allows such a civil action to be brought, also, by the decedent’s spouse, parent, child, or dependent relative. Allows recovery in such an action for fair compensation for nonpecuniary loss (loss of care, comfort, and companionship) as well as pecuniary loss, as under current law, plus a fair compensation for the decedent’s pain and suffering. Allows substitution of the decedent’s spouse, parent, child, or dependent relative as a plaintiff in an action for personal injury caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default under the Act, if the plaintiff dies during the action as a result of the wrongful act. Amends the Jones Act to allow recovery for loss of care, comfort, and companionship by a seaman injured in the course of employment or the seaman’s personal representative if the seaman dies from the injury.”
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