2010 US Code
Title 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle III - Maritime Liability
CHAPTER 303 - DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS
Sec. 30303 - Amount and apportionment of recovery
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle III - Maritime Liability CHAPTER 303 - DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS Sec. 30303 - Amount and apportionment of recovery |
Contains | section 30303 |
Date | 2010 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-304, §6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1511. |
Statutes at Large References | 41 Stat. 537 114 Stat. 131 120 Stat. 1511 |
Public Law References | Public Law 106-181, Public Law 109-304 |
§30303. Amount and apportionment of recovery
The recovery in an action under this chapter shall be a fair compensation for the pecuniary loss sustained by the individuals for whose benefit the action is brought. The court shall apportion the recovery among those individuals in proportion to the loss each has sustained.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1511.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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30303 | 46 App.:762(a). | Mar. 30, 1920, ch. 111, §2(a), 41 Stat. 537; Pub. L. 106–181, title IV, §404(b)(1), Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 131. |
The words “and just” are omitted as redundant to “fair”. The words “each has sustained” are substituted for “they may severally have suffered by reason of the death of the person by whose representative the suit is brought” to eliminate unnecessary words.
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