Constitutional Issues Raised by Pending Bills to Expand Liability under the Death on the High Seas Act and the Jones Act

To: House Judiciary Committee
Attention: Stephanie Moore

From: Robert Meltz
Legislative Attorney

Kenneth R. Thomas
Legislative Attorney

This memorandum is in response to your request to evaluate the constitutional issues implicated by H.R. 5503, the Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act, as ordered to be reported from the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 23, 2010. Specifically, you requested an evaluation of the constitutional issues raised by the retroactive application of proposed expanded liability provisions of the Death on the High Seas Act and the Jones Act.


Date of Report: June 28, 2010
Number of Pages: 4
Order Number: M-962810
Price: $19.95

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