California Court of Appeal

The federal Death on the High Seas Act provides the exclusive remedy for wrongful death occurring in foreign waters and preempts any state law remedy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2005
• Published 02/14/2005

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Welebir & McCune, James F. Tierney, III;  Lascher & Lascher and Wendy Cole Lascher, Ventura, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Snell & Wilmer, Richard A. Derevan, Randolph T. Moore, and Marc L. Turman, Irvine, for Defendant and Respondent.