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§30303 Amount and Apportionment of Recovery
Title 46 › Subtitle III — Maritime Liability › CHAPTER 303 — DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS › § 30303
Summary
Money awarded in a case under this law must fairly pay people for the financial losses they suffered. The court must divide that award among them based on how much each person lost.
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Title 46, §30303
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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.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3030346 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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46 U.S.C. § 30303
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Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102