Saturday, July 03, 2010

US House Approves Bill Increasing Compensation for Oil Spill Victims

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Friday 02 July 2010

by: Sarah Miley Jurist Report

US House Approves Bill Increasing Compensation for Oil Spill Victims

Docks in Biloxi, Mississippi, are littered with unused fishing boats. (Photo: kris krüg / Flickr)
The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would increase compensation for injured workers and victims' families that have filed claims against BP as a result of the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill [JURIST news archive] in the Gulf of Mexico. The bill marks the first piece of legislation passed by the House in response to the oil spill. The Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability (SPILL) Act would change several laws applying to legal liability on the high seas. The jurisdiction of the 1920 Death on the High Seas Act, which allows families of decedents to bring a civil action in federal court, would be extended from three to 12 miles from the US coastline........

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