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The Death on the High Seas Act – Screwing American Passengers for 89 Years

By Jim Walker on September 8, 2009
Posted in Maritime Death

If you are retired or a child and die on a cruise ship due to the cruise ship’s negligence, the cruise line will consider your life to be worthless under current maritime law.

Your family will face a law called the Death on the High Seas Act, commonly known as “DOHSA.” In 1920, Congress…

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