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Miles Vs. Apex Marine Corp.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 01, 1990

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  1. American Export Lines, Inc. Vs. Alvez US Supreme Court · May 12, 1980
  2. Pacific Steamship Co. Vs. Peterson US Supreme Court · Nov 26, 1928
  3. Mobil Oil Corp. Vs. Higginbotham US Supreme Court · Jun 05, 1978
  4. Just Vs. Chambers US Supreme Court · Mar 03, 1941
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  5. Miles v. Apex
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  6. Marine Corp. - 498 U.S. 19 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Miles v. Apex
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  7. Marine Corp., 498 U.S. 19 (1990) Miles v. Apex
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  8. There is a general maritime cause of action for the wrongful death of a seaman. The reasoning of Moragne v. States
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  9. the wrongful death of a seaman do not include loss of society. This case is controlled by the logic of Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham
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  10. emphasis added). Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet
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  11. recovery only for pecuniary loss, and not for loss of society, in a wrongful death action. See Michigan Central R. Co. v. Vreeland
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  12. Jones Act's survival provision limits recovery to losses suffered during the decedent's lifetime. See, e.g., Van Beeck v. Sabine
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  13. of damages under general maritime law. The court reaffirmed Page 498 U. S. 23 its prior decision in Sistrunk v. Circle
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  14. U.S. 1003 (1990), and now affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals. II We rely primarily on Moragne v. States
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  15. The revolution in the law began with Matanich v. Southern
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  16. The Court reaffirmed the rule two years later in Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki
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  17. to negligence, and the Jones Act preempts state law remedies for the death or injury of a seaman. See Gillespie v. United
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  18. This Court first addressed the preclusive effect of the Jones Act wrongful death provision in Lindgren v. United
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  19. of a seaman resulting from the unseaworthiness of the vessel. Id. at 281 U. S. 47 -48. In Gillespie v. United
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  20. does not disturb seamen's general maritime claims for injuries resulting from unseaworthiness, Pacific Steamship Co. v. Peterson
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  21. not preclude the recovery for wrongful death due to unseaworthiness created by its companion statute DOHSA. Kernan v. American
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  22. under the maritime wrongful death action. The Court first considered that question in Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet
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  23. for deaths on the high seas, or the Jones Act for deaths of true seamen. We considered DOHSA in Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham
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  24. In Michigan Central R. Co. v. Vreeland
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  25. limitation on damages as well. We assume that Congress is aware of existing law when it passes legislation. See Cannon v. University
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  26. a seaman's personal cause of action does not survive the seaman's death. Cortes v. Baltimore
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  27. Romero v. International
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  28. courts have applied these state statutes in many instances to preserve suits for injury at sea. See, e.g., Just v. Chambers
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  29. U. S. 383 , 312 U. S. 391 (1941). See also Kernan v. American
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  30. Kossick v. United
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  31. Courts of Appeals have relied on Moragne to hold that there is a general maritime right of survival. See Spiller v. Thomas
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  32. Barbe v. Drummond
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  33. Law v. Sea
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  34. Evich v. Connelly
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  35. Van Beeck v. Sabine
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  36. St. Louis, I.M. & S.R. Co. v. Craft
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  37. b). Suit in Gaudet was filed before 1972. Gaudet v. Sea-Land
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  38. In Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire
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  39. Olivier v. Houghton
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  40. Incollingo v. Ewing
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  41. Balmer v. Dilley
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  42. U.S. Supreme Court Miles v. Apex
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  43. of Moragne v. States
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  44. of Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham
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  45. Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet
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  46. See Michigan Central R. Co. v. Vreeland
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  47. Sistrunk v. Circle
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  48. Moragne v. States
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  49. Matanich v. Southern
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  50. Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki
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