Maritime Torts: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 4863 ... February 25, May 19, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 205 σελίδες |
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... foreign seamen . - Section 20 of the Act of March 4 , 1915 ( 46 U.S.c. $ 688 ) ... foreign seamen have been awarded damages for injuries sustained in offshore work ... countries . Most U.S. production platforms are outfitted in the United ...
... foreign seamen . - Section 20 of the Act of March 4 , 1915 ( 46 U.S.c. $ 688 ) ... foreign seamen have been awarded damages for injuries sustained in offshore work ... countries . Most U.S. production platforms are outfitted in the United ...
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... foreign nation . However , in the event no remedy is available to such person under the laws of his own country or the country asserting jurisdiction over the area where the incident occurred , H. R. 4863 would authorize an action to be ...
... foreign nation . However , in the event no remedy is available to such person under the laws of his own country or the country asserting jurisdiction over the area where the incident occurred , H. R. 4863 would authorize an action to be ...
Σελίδα 11
... foreign waters . We feel these lawsuits are not properly brought in United States Courts if the worker has compensation in his own country or in the country where the accident occurred . Thus , we are very pleased to see H.R. 4863 ...
... foreign waters . We feel these lawsuits are not properly brought in United States Courts if the worker has compensation in his own country or in the country where the accident occurred . Thus , we are very pleased to see H.R. 4863 ...
Σελίδα 12
... countries while in the service of the ship . Under present law it is ... foreigners are allowed to remain ashore while skilled U.S. citizens actually operate the ... foreign nationals , in foreign jurisdictions , who have local remedies ...
... countries while in the service of the ship . Under present law it is ... foreigners are allowed to remain ashore while skilled U.S. citizens actually operate the ... foreign nationals , in foreign jurisdictions , who have local remedies ...
Σελίδα 13
... foreign seamen . We do not view this legislation as affecting our hiring practices for U.S. expatriates . Local hire requirements in foreign countries and U.S. tax laws do impact our ability to hire U.S. citizens , but not the proposed ...
... foreign seamen . We do not view this legislation as affecting our hiring practices for U.S. expatriates . Local hire requirements in foreign countries and U.S. tax laws do impact our ability to hire U.S. citizens , but not the proposed ...
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Σελίδα 73 - Jurisdiction of maritime cases in all countries is so wide and the nature of its subject matter so far-flung that there would be no justification for altering the law of a controversy just because local jurisdiction of the parties is obtainable.
Σελίδα 9 - Nationals and companies of either Party shall be accorded national treatment and most-favored-nation treatment with respect to access to the courts of justice and to administrative tribunals and agencies within the territories of the other Party, in all degrees of jurisdiction both in pursuit and in defense of their rights.
Σελίδα 168 - ... such personal injury the personal representative of such seaman may maintain an action for damages at law with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States conferring or regulating the right of action for death in the case of railway employees shall be applicable. Jurisdiction in such actions shall be under the court of the district in which the defendant employer lesides or in which his principal office is located.
Σελίδα 168 - ... an action for damages at law with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States conferring or regulating the right of action for death in the case of railway employees shall be applicable. Jurisdiction in such actions shall be under the court of the district in which the defendant employer resides or in which his principal office is located.
Σελίδα 168 - Any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by injury, and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the common-law right or remedy in cases of personal injury to railway employees shall apply...
Σελίδα 168 - That any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury...
Σελίδα 65 - Act it would be applied by the courts to foreign events, foreign ships and foreign seamen only in accordance with the usual doctrine and practices of maritime law.
Σελίδα 73 - Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Delta & Pine Land Co., 292 US 143, 54 S.Ct. 634, 78 L.Ed. 1178; Home Insurance Co.
Σελίδα 61 - AN ACT To provide for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine, to repeal certain emergency legislation, and provide for the disposition, regulation, and use of property acquired thereunder, and for other purposes.
Σελίδα 61 - An Act to promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States ; to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto; and to promote safety at sea; to maintain discipline on shipboard; and for other purposes', approved June 25, 1936, as amended