What does DHSA stand for?

Death on the High Seas Act

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Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The CLIA had resisted supporting a provision of the bill that would have amended the long-standing Death on the High Seas Act to make cruise ships liable for individuals who die from negligence on board.

United States: Cruise-ship regs get preliminary approval

The Death on the High Seas Act allowed the Norfolk judge to award compensation only for lost wages and earning potential.

Lawyer: USS Cole families each to get $200,000

The United States Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), enacted two years prior to the Jones Act, provides a cause of action to beneficiaries of any person--whether a seaman or not--whose death was "caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default" in an incident occurring more than three (3) nautical miles offshore--and thus, not within state territorial waters.

Charterer's liabilities under the ship time charter

Maritime law Important strides were made involving the expansion of rights under the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA).

Report from Capitol Hill

But they are limited in seeking financial damages by a 79-year-old federal law called the Death on the High Seas Act.

CRUISE LINE ACCUSED IN DROWNING

13) held that, because punitive damages for loss of society were precluded under both the Jones Act and the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA),(14) they were also precluded under the general maritime law.

Guevara v. Maritime: caught in the wake of Miles v. Apex Marine Corp

Doumar said Hall was trying to avoid limiting the possible damages by arguing against using the Death on the High Seas Act, which focuses on economic losses.

Judge says USS Cole trial will proceed

Meanwhile, back on Capitol Hill, Congress expanded the legal rights of commercial aviation passengers by amending the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA).

A very good year